Re: What can we learn from Krita's Kickstarter?

On Tue, 5 May 2015, Jens Reuterberg wrote:

> I think we need to consider, first and foremost, what it is we're selling.

Also, start thinking about it like sales, maybe :-)

> Is the product something that is viable on the market? Does it bring something 
> new, something better? How do we PROVE its better/new/needed? I don't think 
> looking at stretch goals and video is the catch-all of this but rather at the 
> thing itself, how it has been presented in the past, what the actual story is.

Yes, this is my big problem, too -- I cannot come up with an appealing 
story for KDE as a whole.

The original story was "I want my girlfriend to have a linux environemnt 
that she'd love to use."

That works, that would even work as a story for a bigger target group than 
one girlfriend :-) But it no longer reflects KDE.

KDE is old, has a long history and many changes in the way we look at 
ourselves, but if we want to raise funds, the first thing is, as you said, 
to define what we are bringing to the audience.

> /me will also scrounge up some more cash to send Krita's way. My pitiful 50 
> euro feels awkward now.

As Ton from Blender (which is really good at raising funds...) said, we're 
doing good, but how come not _every_ krita users who hears about the 
campaign feels the need to donate even just 1 euro? (Probably credit 
cards, of course, but still.) It's not about the amounts anyone gives, 
it's about the number of people who participate!

Boudewijn

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