HMO - Kickstarter advice. I'm helping my mad scientist inventor friend launch his Kickstarter. He has created an amazing water flight machine (think Flyboard-ish) and is launching the Kickstarter in 2 months and asked me to help with running the technical side of the campaign.
Do you have:
1. Advice? Who to talk to, what to do, what to avoid?
2. Connections? Writers, bloggers, outdoor enthusiasts.
My game company, Silver Gryphon Games, has done two successful Kickstarters and runs a Kickstarter advice group on Facebook. Drop me a line (email in profile) if you want some pointers.
I'd be happy to put some stuff in an email for you. For reference, I ran one of the largest early successes that unfortunately turned into an ongoing trainwreck. I'm actually still bullish on crowd-funding, but there are definitely some things worth sharing from the experience. Email is in my profile.
Sorry for the delayed reply, I've been on the road. Unfortunately, as it is an ongoing situation, I'm waiting until every backer receives their items before talking publicly about the experience/lessons learned. Maybe I'll post it up on hn when the time comes, though.
You might want to contact some of the Maker related blogs who always like seeing inventive products like what you describe. Most of them are based in bay area. Tested.com might like something like this, you can find a contact email on their homepage.
