Are you married? Dealing with "problem machines" can bear fruits you could not achive in other ways Crossfinancing is not a bad thing imho. It looks like Chen put personal money into one or even both endevours and being able to show your creditors that your idea actually can generate profit sure makes finishing the product(s) easier and will be helpfull in future negotiations to finance next projects I also did not fully understand the 15days remark. Does IGG not release the money the day the campaign ends?