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replied to the topic Crowdfunding for new studio in Gatley in the forum General Tattoo Discussion 9 years, 3 months ago
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replied to the topic Crowdfunding for new studio in Gatley in the forum General Tattoo Discussion 9 years, 3 months ago
I complete agree, the best stuff is produced by pencil on paper. The app idea isn’t to replace that part of the process.
The only part it assists with the the tracing part and laying out on the body. If an artists draws a masterpiece by pencil, the app simply allows them to view that masterpiece on a real person without the need of tracing and…[Read more]
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replied to the topic Crowdfunding for new studio in Gatley in the forum General Tattoo Discussion 9 years, 3 months ago
Also crowdfunding isn’t a free hand out.
To the people who pledge to the campaign I have to honour the rewards. All of the rewards don’t come at free cost. I have to find the money to honour those. I have to absorb any money lost in honouring those rewards. For me to provide a company with the app as a reward I have to offer support and updates…[Read more]
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replied to the topic Crowdfunding for new studio in Gatley in the forum General Tattoo Discussion 9 years, 3 months ago
Nice to assume that I am some bum sat at home hoping for free money.
As well as wanting to open up my own tattoo studio I am also the director of my own Mobile Development company. The company that will be supporting the development of the app. I work a full 40 hour week in contract and an additional 4-6 hours every night on client work. I also…[Read more]
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replied to the topic Crowdfunding for new studio in Gatley in the forum General Tattoo Discussion 9 years, 3 months ago
Thank you pidjones for your more constructive response.
At the moment it feels like I’m being shot straight down for having an idea with a lack of constructive feed back. We have a desire to run a great tattoo business. I understand that there are a lot of traditional tattooists on here who personally object to the idea of the technology…[Read more]
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replied to the topic Crowdfunding for new studio in Gatley in the forum General Tattoo Discussion 9 years, 3 months ago
Hi again,
Just to show that this wasn’t just a lazy way of trying to get funding, it is one of the funding options pushed forwards by the UK Government listed directly after equity based funding.
https://www.gov.uk/business-finance-explained/crowdfunding-
It is a big amount for us to achieve and not so easy to get the government loans to help…[Read more]
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replied to the topic Crowdfunding for new studio in Gatley in the forum General Tattoo Discussion 9 years, 3 months ago
Hi Guys,
Thank you for your response and the loan option is also something that I am looking at, however the loan options would only give us a fraction of what we require. I appreciate that you do not feel for the handout way of things and I will not try to convince you otherwise.
We have decided to take on the crowdfunding way as this is…[Read more]