Nakuba injongo ye-Kickstarter inhle kosomabhizinisi “abancane” abanombono omuhle kanye ne-chutzpah eyanele yokuyethula emhlabeni nge-inthanethi, umphumela wokuphela awuhlali muhle kakhulu kwabanye abasekela iphrojekthi.

Nakuba inkampani ingayibiki inombolo esemthethweni (futhi ngeke ibike), umuntu udinga kuphela ukwenza usesho olusheshayo lwe-Google ukuze abone ukuthi mangaki amaphrojekthi we-Kickstarter abeyi-DOA - iningi ligwinya izimali ezisekelayo kusenesikhathi.

Ukuze kuxhunyanwe kangcono nenqubekelaphambili yentuthuko nabasekeli, inkampani ye-crowdfunding ese-Brooklyn isiqalile isistimu yebheji entsha ngaphansi kwe-Hardware Studio Connection ukusiza ukumisa inqubo yokuletha umkhiqizo wehadiwe emakethe. Lolu hlelo luyisandiso sohlelo lwenkampani lwe-Hardware Studio olwaqalwa ngonyaka odlule ukusiza abadali bezingxenyekazi zekhompyutha ekuletheni imikhiqizo yabo emakethe ngokubambisana ne-Avnet kanye ne-Dragon Innovation. Bonke ababambiqhaza ku-Connection bazoba nebheji ethi “Hardware Studio” ngaphansi kwevidiyo yabo yephrojekthi. Enye yephrojekthi yokuqala ye-Kickstarter ukusizakala ngale sevisi entsha I-Siphon Wine Preserver:

"Izingxenyekazi zekhompiyutha ziwuhambo olude: ukuklama, i-prototyping, ukuphathwa kwe-supply-chain, ukukhiqiza, nokulethwa," kuchaza inkampani. “Kuningi okumele sikulungiselele. Abadali abaningi bahlangabezana nezinselele futhi badinga usizo lapho beqhubeka. I-Avnet ne-Dragon Innovation bangochwepheshe ekuxazululeni lezi zinhlobo zezinkinga. Kungakho sihlangene ukuze sinikeze i-Hardware Studio Connection.”

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Amazinga Amabheji e-Kickstarter Hardware Studio entsha:

Kuboshwe

  • Ochwepheshe bemboni yezogesi zabathengi, i-supply chain, kanye nokukhiqiza kwa-Avnet kanye ne-Dragon Innovation babuyekeze ukuklama, izindleko, kanye nokwakha ukusebenza kwephrojekthi.
  • Uthole iseluleko nokuqeqeshwa okuvela kwa-Avnet ne-Dragon Innovation
  • Inesibonelo esisebenzayo sobufakazi bomqondo, okungenani
  • Uqonda izinselele futhi ungokoqobo mayelana nezikhathi zephrojekthi nezindleko

ILUNGILE (Izinga 1)

  • Ngokusekelwe ekubuyekezweni ngaphambi kokwethulwa, umkhiqizo usendleleni kodwa usesesigabeni sesibonelo
  • Okunye ukuhlola komsebenzisi kuqediwe ku-prototype esebenzayo
  • I-prototype yamanje ibonisa izici eziningi ezihlosiwe
  • Umkhankaso oyimpumelelo uzoxhasa umsebenzi owengeziwe ngezisetshenziswa zezinkampani zangaphandle zokukhiqiza/zokuklama, izitifiketi, amathuluzi, kanye/noma izindleko zempahla yomkhiqizo ngaphambi kokugcwalisa.
  • Umkhiqizo ungakhiqizwa ngamavolumu aphansi (~ izingcezu eziyi-100) ngezindleko ezihlosiwe
  • Izimali ezengeziwe zingadingeka ukuze kuxhaswe ukukhiqizwa kuye ngamavolumu okugcina

ILUNGILE (Izinga 2)

  • Umkhiqizo ukwazi ukukhiqizwa ngenani elilindelekile futhi izinhlelo zokukhiqiza sezikhona
  • Uxhaso nge-Kickstarter luyadingeka ukuze uthenge amathuluzi okukhiqiza nezinto zokwakha, kanye nokuqinisekisa umkhiqizo
  • Umkhiqizo uphindwe kaningana ngokususelwa kumpendulo evela ezivivinyweni zabasebenzisi futhi ubonisa ukusebenza okucolisisiwe

ILUNGILE (Izinga 3)

  • Lo mkhiqizo usulungele ukwenziwa futhi ubungozi bokulethwa buphansi uma kuqhathaniswa
  • Umkhiqizo uthuthukiswe ngokuphelele, udinga nje umkhankaso we-Kickstarter ukuze uxhase ukukhiqiza

Yize zimbalwa izinto ezingangena esikhundleni sokuba nomphathi ozinikele we-supply chain kanye nochwepheshe bokukhiqiza, i-Hardware Studio nokuhambisana nayo uhlelo lwebheji iyisisombululo esihle kakhulu samaJoes noJosephines nsuku zonke.

Umbhali

USimon ungumklami wezimboni ozinze eBrooklyn noManaging Editor we-EVD Media. Lapho ethola isikhathi sokuklama, ukugxila kwakhe ekusizeni ama-startups athuthukise izixazululo zokwenza uphawu nezokuklama ukuze abone umbono wabo wokuklanywa komkhiqizo. Ngaphezu komsebenzi wakhe kwaNike nakwamanye amaklayenti ahlukahlukene, uyisizathu esikhulu sokuthi noma yini yenziwe e-EvD Media. Wake wabambana buzzard we-alligator wase-Alaskan phansi ngezandla zakhe… ukuhlenga uJosh.