A 24-year-old made $345K in 2 months by beating Kickstarters to market

Re:A 24-year-old made $345K in 2 months by beating Kickstart... by drewmate on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @02:12PM (#13534113)

There's an excellent documentary on the hardware/hacking ecosystem in Shenzhen on YouTube: https://youtu.be/SGJ5cZnoodY . A lot of people there seem to embrace the ethos of moving fast and ignoring IP laws (both original creator and spoofer) because by the time you get a lawsuit or patent filed, the tech will have moved far beyond what you were trying to protect, and it will no longer be worth your time.

Basically, move fast and try to keep up. It's crazy how fast the tech cycles are there.

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Re:A 24-year-old made $345K in 2 months by beating Kickstart... by beautifulfreak on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @06:58PM (#13536698)

I wonder how a person in the West can connect with people in Shenzen to import products, or even to collaborate. There are niches I think are ripe for targeting here, if they only knew there. Can anyone recommend a meeting place online?

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Re:A 24-year-old made $345K in 2 months by beating Kickstart... by angry-hacker on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @07:20PM (#13536864)

Alibaba?

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Re:A 24-year-old made $345K in 2 months by beating Kickstart... by Main_ on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @05:17PM (#13535832)

Thx, very interesting documentary.

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