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by Thimothy 3952 days ago
So... You are a hardware start-up that doesn't actually do any hardware. I recall a guy who got seriously burnt by taking this approach in a kickstarter: he had designed a iPad cover, successfully funded it and then proceed to crash as all his supply chain decided that wanted a bigger slice of that money. He even got sued by some random backer.

I think you really need some expertise in what you are trying to build. It has to be really hard doing a decent cost estimation otherwise.