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Operation Kickstarter-is-a-no-go

Update #8 · Nov 13, 2012 · 1 comment

First, we’d like to thank all of our Kickstarter Backers for their support. Since we didn’t meet our goal, you won’t be charged anything.

We aren’t giving up! To get into production, we still need to raise money which will take a few months. So, we are officially enacting The Backup Plan.  

We won’t forget about you, our Kickstarter Backers. That’s why The Backup Plan includes a special offer just for you. However, to pass on the details we need to know how to contact you. Just join our mailing list at QFOLabs.com and we’ll send you the details when the time comes.

Thanks for all your support and stay tuned for what’s coming next!

The QFO Labs Team,
Jim, John, and Brad

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24 Hours to go!

Update #7 · Nov 12, 2012 · comment

24 hours to go!  We have a long way to go to reach out goal. However, the closer we get to the goal, the better our Plan B will work. Help us out by sending this to all of your friends and contacts! Remember you won’t get charged if we don’t meet our goal.

What happens if we don’t meet our goal? First off, you won’t be charged anything. We’d still like to make this product a reality, but it becomes a lot harder. We will be reaching out to investors to try and raise the funds needed to start production. Once we are sure that we can raise enough money and have a firm delivery schedule, we’ll start taking pre-orders from our website, QFOLabs.com.  

To stay up to date with our progress, be sure to join our mailing list, just under the cover image at QFOLabs.com.  

You can also:
    Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/qfolabs
    Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/QFOLabs

Thanks for all your feedback and support!

The QFO Labs Team

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Beginning the Final Countdown!

Update #6 · Nov 8, 2012 · comment

Dear Backers,

Thank you very much for your generous support. Recently we’ve had some great press and are really excited to get this thing into your hands. But to make that happen, we all need to roll up our sleeves and push this across the finish line.

Right now we are at 35% of our goal with 636 backers and $80k raised with 4 days to go. Looking at past Kickstarter projects our goal is definitely within reach, but it's going to take everybody!

If each of us goes out and gets 3 friends to back our project, we’re done! It’s that simple. I’ve found that people are much more likely to back our project if you ask them personally by email or face to face. Remember, if we don’t make our goal no one will be getting any rewards and that would be sad for everybody. So, please talk to your friends, family and co-workers and convince them to join you in backing our project!

Gratefully,

Jim, John and Brad
QFO Labs

In case you haven’t seen it, here’s some recent press about our project:

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$99 Early Bird for Everyone!

Update #5 · Oct 29, 2012 · 7 comments

Here’s the deal:
Recently, a breakthrough in our radio technology reduced our component costs. And we are passing the savings along to the entire Kickstarter community!

As a result, we have increased the number of $99 Early Bird Specials to allow everyone to get in at this incredible price. This is a one time offer of $50 off the MSRP for Kickstarters only. If you were generous enough to back us at the $119 level we understand and, in fact, encourage you to change your reward to the $99 level and enjoy the $20 savings.

High Resolution Print of NanoQ Protective Ring and Landing Gear
Thanks to the fine work by the folks at Premier Source we were able to print out the fine features of the NanoQ landing gear and protective ring at high resolution. Here’s a photograph of the entire NanoQ, we’re pretty happy with the results. Let us know what you think!

Thank you for your support,

Brad, John and Jim

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Media Coverage Oops!

Update #4 - For backers only · Oct 24, 2012 · 2 comments

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Funding Unsuccessful This project reached the deadline without achieving its funding goal on November 13, 2012.

Funding period
Oct 9, 2012 - Nov 13, 2012 (35 days)

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