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Can't be afraid to share your ideas. You need validation and feedback during development to insure a market fit and customers, especially if the product doesn't currently exist. You can always protect it through patents and what not, but the $ can add up.

Not overly long with an assortment of photos and video. Looks very nice.

Would agree in saying +Shipping in FAQ. Don't want too much sticker shock with a higher priced item.

Good points made about shipping before Christmas, but if you're not ready you might not make the deadline anyway.

Very interesting list! Will definitely repost that, thanks for sharing.

Not sure if you've seen this but it is from the Kickstarter FAQ: "The default sort of our Advanced Discover tool, “magic,” displays a rotating cross section of compelling projects on Kickstarter by surfacing a mixture of Staff Picked and Popular projects from each of our 15 categories. In order...

Will definitely pass this on! Great read

Great blog!

I've come across this question quite a bit. Anxious to see the results. If you're successful on Kickstarter, I can't imagine people not catching that "startup" bug and trying to keep it going. Would be tough to succeed and just be done with it!

I've seen some pretty questionable Staff Picks before but it is great that they affect the Magic sort. It's a great move by Kickstarter too, showing they are paying attention to the smaller projects even with how big they've become.