We haven't taken a dime in investment, and we have a working end-to-end prototype. I've lost everything I own in the process - my marriage, my car, my home, and most recently, thousands of hours of music I'd written. I have nothing else, and have not asked a free ride from anyone.
The concept of taking money I did not earn is completely alien to the way I was raised. Sorry.
Crowdsourcing models like Kickstarter and IndieGogo present an interesting and, I think, positive alternative to conventional venture capital.
We haven't taken a dime in investment, and we have a working end-to-end prototype. I've lost everything I own in the process - my marriage, my car, my home, and most recently, thousands of hours of music I'd written. I have nothing else, and have not asked a free ride from anyone. Truly, you have suffered. But is that a good reason to want those more fortunate than you, but just as hard-working, to be punished?
Please, sir, reconsider...