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Yes, we would use Kickstarter again. It drove a lot of our traffic and the community of backers seems to have a unique cohesion. People on KS know what they are getting in to, and …

It's really important to have a plan for this. We were not prepared and got blindsided and it took basically the whole teams effort for a couple of days before we systematized it. …

This is a common concern amongst all founders I'm pretty sure. It certainly was for us at first. But it shouldn't be. Most people have their own problems to worry about. Obviously …

Great question. Fortunately showerheads are often something that people need more than one of for different bathrooms in their home. So if they like one, hopefully they will buy mo…

Build a really great product! We envision improved versions of the shower, and after that other products that use water in the home. The product development cycle is realistically …

You can learn more about the Nebia shower at nebia.com

Good question. I'll take this one since we are trying to do all of our manufacturing in the US. I do not think companies have an ethical obligation to manufacture in the US at all.…

We built up a big email list. Starting with the team we had ~12k emails collectively (team of 6 people). Everyone we had ever emailed. And tiered the emails/frequency. We also did …

We made our own storyboard, Carlos, my co-founder is very creative and a good storyteller so he crafted the arch of the video. We studied Nancy Duarte's stuff. We worked very close…

I think it depends a lot on the product. If you ask @liseman or Kevin Hale they'll say launch NOW! That was the advice we got. :) In all seriousness I think you obviously need a wo…

dan and snake, thanks for your comments. We decided to launch on Kickstarter because we wanted to gauge what the interest level among consumers would be. Furthermore, KS is the bes…

We have added in a secondary mode which does exactly this, offers a more traditional, even forceful feel, yet still uses about 60% less water than a regular shower.