You bet, I've had a lot of fun. On the other side of the debate, we do not know who lurks and reads these threads. Hopefully the owner of a knife company.
I own a knife company and it necessarily fantasy looks like dream building. The economics are also an issue. But even if you produce the perfect product it is then a matter of who can afford it and how many can I sell to maintain cashflow to support all the employees and overhead cost of equipment.
Funny thing about Angel capital, they always, ALWAYS expect a return.
One thing to talk about it, but until you put action behind it with a bit of cash you have, "The greatest idea that NEVER was."
We started on shoestring budget and we are going on 3rd year and now we are in aggressive growth phase, that means skinny income and everything goes into the business! Kids starvin and stuff, but hopefully the return will be there and allow us to actually achieve the dream we started on.
I am always open to discuss projects and do joint projects with guys. Sometimes companies become larger and loose the flexibility to respond directly to customer requests. I will not loose touch with the customer base. I handle most of the customer issues directly or at least at some level if not directly, I know about the issue. I think that ownership does not exclude you from dealing with the daily grind of problems or disputes from YOUR direct audience. I have seen a lot of guys miss that and I have also been on the customer end. I would say 80% of the time the ownership do not know about these issues with negative product feedback until it hits a large percentage.
If you would like to check out what we do visit our website.
www.redscorpionsix.com
I have a store but put most of the focus in making our Predator WSK, Predator RAVEN WSK and Companion ESK line.
We are launching other products later this year with a feel for the kali knife fighting arena. This has occurred because of the direct involvement we have had with military and contractors. We are working hard on the design and and the training solutions that will compliment the blades.
I am glad you started this type of thread. Sometimes it is really refreshing to see others share our vision of "HOW things should be ran"
But it is always easier to TELL someone What's What when you don't have any skin in the game. Cheap seats are pretty easy to come by, so I always welcome others to get involved. I did it so what's holding you back?