Re:The Economics of a Kickstarter Project
by bryanlarsen on Thursday May 15, 2014 @03:05PM
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The $15K was a sunk cost, it was spent and gone whether or not the kickstarter was successful or not.
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Either its an expense counted against his profit, and he never expected to make a profit (since he was already in the hole if it was exactly funded) - or it doesn't count as an expense and he made $20k. That's over 30% profit, as opposed to the 9% he's claiming.
You can't have it both ways.