Ventures/Product venture · demonstration
An independent musical instrument, made in a first batch of 100
A designer, an engineer, a maker and the first players build it together; the players receive the instrument.
Pre-orders needed100
Price€390
Core team3 to 4 roles
- The object
- A pre-production batch of one instrument, built when enough players have ordered it.
- The economics
- Revenue: 100 pre-orders at €390
- Costs: parts, assembly, testing, shipping
- Margin: pays the team and the next batch
- Condition: no order is charged until the batch is confirmed
- The geometry
- Commercial pre-orders with a delivery condition
- Buyers receive a product, never a financial return
- It starts when
- 100 pre-orders
- A working prototype is validated
- A maker confirms the price and the date
- What you receive
- Players receive their instrument. Risks: delays, component prices, a prototype that needs another round.