I invented something
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- detritus0
If you have a private investor who won't take too much, use them.
If you don't, can your idea both survive in the public domain without getting copied before you release, and will it be of interest to a worthwhile niche whom you can incentivise into pre-production support? If so, Kickstart that fucker.
I'd wary about the china production route - if you can at least get the first few batches done closer to home you can benefit from both the "Made at home" angle and the fact you can visit producers/manufacturers and iterate quickly. I only know a few people who've gone the China route... most have ended up regretting the experience and haven't particularly benefited from the savings they were supposed to incur.
If you can afford to go over there and be hands-on for the time it takes to develop, then sure. If not, don't.
And then there's the copying angle... .
Networking? Designboom AND Reddit. AND QBN. AND pinkfluffypeople.it, etc
- ...although I have a couple of friends who made literally millions by going the China route - but they had money.detritus