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[Ruald Andreae <ruald.a@xxxxxxxxx>]

+1 Omar


On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 5:05 PM, Omar B. <estelar57@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Clearly this is Canonical's first crowdfunding attempt and they lacked the
> experience.
>
> They already let the MORALE and interest died.
>
> 2 weeks left and is now slowed down so much that will only get 1 or 2 M
> per week.
>
> So we will only see 2 to 4M more (maybe even 5M if ).
>
> They didn't even follow The 30% rule:
>
>
> http://gigaom.com/2012/06/28/analyzing-kickstarter-what-succeeds-by-how-much-and-how-often/
>
> Which you need to get as fast as possible in order to sustain the momentum
> / trust / morale of your fans, specially for the "biggest" one in history,
> where breaking all records ASAP by doing everything possible was not an
> option but a pre-requisite.
>
>
> But that is OK, this happens daily to dozens of campaigns. So, since they
> lacked experience and let it die, It would be better if they just Canceled
> this Now and make a better attempt when they're really ready. Examine the
> Data and cut out what didn't work and approach it differently. Show that
> you can accept your mistakes but are not Quitters. If they want they can
> also re-launch this at their own website (which could save up to 1M in
> indiegogo fees).
>
> Am sure some naysayers are going to say that "if they Failed then they
> should just Give-Up". But these people clearly don't understand:
>
> "THE DIRTY LITTLE SECRET OF OVERNIGHT SUCCESSES"
>
> http://www.fastcompany.com/1826976/dirty-little-secret-overnight-successes
>
>
> Cheers.
>
>
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