Interesting link thks
There a step before that @Windy_Skies. We need to deliver the product to first early adopter in August. It s a real challenges as development process is still on and we have a 4 month delay on electronics cards.
Then we will have the feedback of those users and there will probably some updates to be made. Kitewinder will assist those customers in this process. Then the product will be mature enough to be tested more largely, for example as you propose.
But as you can see there is steps before that. At the moment we are on fb and really active, we have a cumulative 1M views approx which is not bad, around 50K per videos for example. We also have Btoc sales on its way, this you will eard of in our newsletters, LinkedIn, fb. We also have the active website and get customers trough it, first one 3 days ago, it works! Here is our marketing strategy at the moment
Kiwee beta testing at no cost to the tester was presumed under this 2017 offer-
âBe one of the 20 beta testers worldwide ! Kitewinder will release 20 units of the Kiwee One in September for beta testing. Youâd like to be the first to try the Kiwee One and would like to share your experience ?â
KiteLabâs circle applied to do in-depth comparative Kiwee testing against its similar predecessor, KiteMotor1, but was denied.
Free Kiwee trials funded by one of the high-capital venture players could have occurred if the AWE community was more sharing.
Impressive numbers! And that looks like a good strategy. My comment was mostly a reaction to the bit I quoted.
@kitefreak we didnât delivered because product was not mature enough. Too risky.
So it was not denied, just canceled
As you can imagine, Kitemill is not abundant with funding, I expect the other actors arent either. What value would it be using time and money testing Kiwee? Sorry if were all being selfish here, but though we support Kitewinder fully, we must focus our resources on our own path.
What you describe could perhaps be valid for a university or a utility company
âCanceledâ effectively means âdeniedâ. When the Kiwee becomes âmature enoughâ for the beta testing intended, that will contribute both to the designâs fitness and public AWE knowledge. No beta tester has a deeper knowledge of Kitewinderâs general AWES architecture and operation than KiteLabâs circle.
Tallak, the idea would be for poor KiteMill to also receive a free Kiwee (if it saw any value in testing it). GoogleX, having spent ~300M USD in AWE, could have funded free conferences, 100 evaluation Kiwees, and much more; without strain. kPower finds value testing everything it can, as its R&D ethos. We intend to productively test the Kiwee when circumstances allow.