Am I Too Cautious?
tashiro recently said to me something about using my bank account to put company money into. Or out of. Or... something. All because it was a US-based account, and "they" required that. With little preface, this was incredibly confusing.
After trying to express my befuddlement, I finally gained some clarity. He wants to set up a project via Kickstarter.com for another RPG book (or something, I'm still unclear on that part) in an attempt to gain the funds beforehand. At a glance, this isn't a bad idea, per se. Getting donations in advance would certainly help make sure funds don't run dry partway through. Kickstarter's model is okay, I guess? It seems more for art projects than for business ventures. And they require a US account to put money in (and he's in Canada) - which only happens if the donations reach a certain goal.
But... I don't know that I'd want to be directly involved with that. Right off the bat, it raises some issues of ethics and liability. I certainly wouldn't want to mingle company funds with my personal bank accounts. I'm not sure I'd really want my name attached to a new one that isn't for me when I'm not really a part of the company. I prefer my financial accounts to be limited to me and only me, everything's safer that way.
And then I start rooting around a little. Some other people have leveled complaints against the site saying they do little but offer a point of collection of funds (and require payment specifically through Amazon) and charge 5% for the privilege. Other than appearing on the list of projects at their web page, Kickstarter doesn't appear to do any advertising or seek out any audience, so it's up to the people behind the projects to push would-be donators in the right direction. Isn't that the hard part?
So... uhh... sorry, I guess? But this endeavor doesn't look like one I want to be involved in.
After trying to express my befuddlement, I finally gained some clarity. He wants to set up a project via Kickstarter.com for another RPG book (or something, I'm still unclear on that part) in an attempt to gain the funds beforehand. At a glance, this isn't a bad idea, per se. Getting donations in advance would certainly help make sure funds don't run dry partway through. Kickstarter's model is okay, I guess? It seems more for art projects than for business ventures. And they require a US account to put money in (and he's in Canada) - which only happens if the donations reach a certain goal.
But... I don't know that I'd want to be directly involved with that. Right off the bat, it raises some issues of ethics and liability. I certainly wouldn't want to mingle company funds with my personal bank accounts. I'm not sure I'd really want my name attached to a new one that isn't for me when I'm not really a part of the company. I prefer my financial accounts to be limited to me and only me, everything's safer that way.
And then I start rooting around a little. Some other people have leveled complaints against the site saying they do little but offer a point of collection of funds (and require payment specifically through Amazon) and charge 5% for the privilege. Other than appearing on the list of projects at their web page, Kickstarter doesn't appear to do any advertising or seek out any audience, so it's up to the people behind the projects to push would-be donators in the right direction. Isn't that the hard part?
So... uhh... sorry, I guess? But this endeavor doesn't look like one I want to be involved in.
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