Why? See I understand kickstarter has a history of unfinished products and founders running away with money, but i feel like you are just having a knee jerk reaction.
Actually I look at this positively. Most kickstarters offer actual tangible products and not software, and I think going solo and actually making profit (though small) is a pretty insightful result.
Because kickstarter is very different from traditional bussinesses, making it difficult to know if the conclusions of the study translate to traditional founders.
I edited my comment as you replied, but basically I think this study is pretty useful and true for kickstarters, but maybe not so much for traditional startups.
Because it's not representative. It's selecting for a particular type of company and particular type of person who starts it.
And in general the quality of projects on Kickstarter in aggregate is....utter garbage. I'm sorry but there's no nice way to put it despite some quality projects/companies coming out of Kickstarter.
Actually I look at this positively. Most kickstarters offer actual tangible products and not software, and I think going solo and actually making profit (though small) is a pretty insightful result.