[DIYbio] Re: IndieBB Campaign Survey; Help Appreciated

Hi Cathal!

I am a fan of the campaign and looking forwards to success! (if not this time, then the next) There's some great feedback in this thread. I agree with most of the stuff about making a generally flashier front page. Anyone that really wants the technical details can find it themselves. Here are a few of my own comments:

I've heard similar things to this post by Patrik
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/diybio/sjLNewZR7IY/lOnNjr7zFBcJ
I heard that you can start with a certain level of funding if you already have money from other sources, and then if you gain a following for the project before starting the campaign, you can get that initial burst of funding, which gives you a chance of getting featured by indiegogo. You want to go for that "Wow! 80% funded in just 48 hours!" kind of thing, I guess. So giving it a 2nd attempt might not be such a bad idea.

"For project collaborators, I guess I didn't even consider that I could
add people as "social media campaigners"; I thought it'd be dishonest to
add someone who wasn't in a position to directly assist with the "work".
Silly really, as fundraising *is* work. If someone feels like getting
collaborator access to the campaign at this late stage and helping me to
evangelise, I'd be totally happy to add them and shower them with gratitude! "

A whole shower of gratitude!? I can do my best, though I'm not really sure of anything specific I can help with, other than tweeting/sharing. Ideas?

If you're looking for some comparison on what not to do, here are a couple examples of bio campaigns that failed, though I can't say much about specific reasons for the failures:
Yovivo
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/yovivo-yogurt-naturally-inspired-synthetic-biology-meets-global-health
Biotech and Beyond
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/bio-tech-beyond


"You say I have more plasmid-hacking knowledge; perhaps. I've made a
plasmid before that didn't work (fully). But, it did work partially, and
if I had 16,000 to make another two prototypes, I think I could have
made it work fully. That was far more speculative; in my *opinion* (no
guarantees), IndieBB is a much more down-to-earth bet than my prior work. "

Awesome, I'm interested in how you're designing/designed these.

Super cool stuff! Good luck and I'm looking forward to hearing more!

Kevin


On Tuesday, February 18, 2014 7:59:23 AM UTC-5, Cathal Garvey wrote:

Hi all,
I'm over halfway through the IndieBB campaign, and slightly below 25%
funded. Things aren't, if I'm honest, looking rosy. Consequently I'd
like to better understand what factors are most important to people in
choosing whether or not to support the project.

I could just put a query out on the list, but then people would feel shy
about responding publicly. So, I've dived into surveymonkey and made a
survey; I promise not to dig into the identities of respondants, I'm not
interested in *who* you are, just *what you think of IndieBB*.

So, if you could please spare a minute for my single-page survey and
help me better understand the diybio community's DNA-related desires:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PRFB6S5

Thank you all!
Cathal

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