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Why I Didn’t Launch on Kickstarter
Entrepreneurial Reflection: Money Is Not the Most Important Thing
Last year, I had the ambition to raise funds on Kickstarter to open my own flute studio. Unfortunately — or perhaps fortunately — that plan never came to fruition.
Looking back now, I’ve realized several critical points that, had I proceeded, would likely have led to failure.
1. What value does a flute studio bring to society?
To be honest, not much. It’s neither a necessity of life nor a project that would significantly benefit many children. From this perspective, it’s not a project truly worthy of support — at least not in the context of the environment I currently live in.
2. A flute studio lacks true innovation.
By “innovation,” I mean the kind that applies to today’s multifunctional and efficiency-boosting products — things that can benefit most users. The ongoing development of such innovative products and their impact on user efficiency has become a widely accepted standard. A flute studio doesn’t meet this criterion.
