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A Tale of Two Kickstarter Campaigns: A $500K Difference from Marketing

by jtraffic on 11/16/18, 4:02 PM with 5 comments

  • by iblaine on 11/16/18, 7:27 PM

    The same arguments can be made for Beats headphones. There are better products for less money but your average consumer is not going to figure that out. It follows to say that the Public Relations industry has more value than most engineers realize.
  • by purple_ducks on 11/16/18, 8:44 PM

    I might have given their words some thought if not for the fact the kickstarter link has an undisclosed referral in it: kickstarter.com...bla?ref=2iw5zq
  • by gavondo on 11/16/18, 11:50 PM

    This whole thing has led me to wonder - does crowdfunding encourage crappy products?