How (and Where) to Manufacture Your New Electronic Product

We are going to compare three different manufacturing strategies: offshore, domestic, and hybrid manufacturing. ... read more

How I Got Lost Searching for Investors!

Read the previous part of my story about my product being on store shelves for the first time.

I had bootstrapped my product to being for sale on shelves in over a 100 retail stores!

My product was a miniature … read more

My New Product on Store Shelves – How I Screwed Up!

Read the previous part of my story about how I got a manufacturer to invest over $100k in my project.

Seeing my product on the shelf in the first store was a very exciting moment for me!

But the sales … read more

Manufacturer invested over $100,000 in my new product! Here’s how I did it.

In my previous article and video I shared the story of how I got Blockbuster Video corporate to express written interest in selling my product.

Yes, that Blockbuster Video, but at this time they were still a huge successful company.… read more

I pitched my product idea to a big company. It changed everything!

It was on a return flight from a life-changing vacation in Alaska when I decided to become an entrepreneur.

I was so moved by the wildlife and natural beauty of Alaska that I wanted to make lots of money so … read more

5 Successful Products Powered by a Raspberry Pi Compute Module

The Raspberry Pi was never designed to be embedded into new products, and the original goal was only to be educational.

A normal Raspberry Pi is not generally a good choice for use in mass produced products due to its … read more

5 Successful Products Powered by an ESP32 Wireless Microcontroller

The ESP32 is a popular wireless microcontroller from Chinese chipmaker Espressif.

It incorporates a high-performance 32-bit microcontroller core (also available as a dual core) coupled with a wireless radio that supports WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity.

One of my favorite things … read more

5 Successful Products Powered by Raspberry Pi

The Raspberry Pi, like the Arduino, was never intended to be used for new product development, and it was developed originally for educational purposes.

The standard Raspberry Pi is usually not ideal for use in mass production primarily due to … read more

5 Successful Products that Began as Arduino Prototypes

Since its launch in 2005, the well-known open-source electronic prototyping platform Arduino has enabled creators, hobbyists, and business owners to turn their concepts into working prototypes.

Arduino was never intended to be a new product development platform, and it was … read more

How To Sell Your New Product and Grow Your Revenue

There are lots of ways to sell and distribute a new physical hardware product, and each option has its own advantages and disadvantages.

Making the right choice will depend on various factors like your product itself, your product’s retail price, … read more

How To Avoid a Failed Crowdfunding Campaign for Your New Product

Successful crowdfunding requires a well-thought-out plan and a lot of intentional upfront work.

This technique enables startups to get assistance and financial support from a large number of people, via an internet platform.

Kickstarter and Indiegogo are the two main … read more

How to Conduct Your Own Patent and Prior Art Search

This article explains the difference between patents and prior art. Learn how you can search for both of these on your own, and for free. ... read more

Internet-of-Things (IoT) Trends and Products

Spending, worldwide, on IoT products is projected to reach $1.1 trillion by 2023.

This follows an absolutely explosive year over year increase in the field (over $40 billion per year) since 2018, with an expected $1 trillion in global IoT … read more

How Much Does It Cost to Develop and Manufacture a New Electronic Product?

Discover the cost to develop your product, the cost to scale up manufacturing for mass production, and finally the actual cost per unit to manufacture it. ... read more

Startup Crowdfunding Campaigns That Far Exceeded Their Goal

All of the hardware startups that we feature below far outpaced their own crowdfunding campaign goals, in some cases by millions of dollars!

Success was achieved through various means that you should consider for your own startup.

One startup, in … read more

How to Ship Your Products from China to the U.S. Using Sea Freight

Learn how to use sea freight to ship your products affordably from China to the United States and how to avoid the most common mistakes. ... read more

10 Crowdfunding Campaigns For Hardware Products That Raised Big Money

From hearing aids to micro 3D printers to home-based cloud storage, you are going to discover 10 hardware products that had massively successful crowdfunding campaigns. ... read more

How to Sell Your New Product on Amazon

Selling your own original product on Amazon is one way to generate early sales with greater profit margins than via brick and mortar retail outlets. Learn how you can easily become a successful Amazon seller. ... read more

10 Successful Hardware Companies You Probably Never Heard About

What hardware entrepreneur doesn’t want to build the next Apple, Ring, GoPro, Peloton, or Tesla? Those companies are the rare “unicorns” of hardware, but there are countless other hardware companies that are generating millions in annual revenue. ... read more

10 Hardware Companies with a Recurring Revenue Business Model

If at all possible, you need to find a way to incorporate at least some recurring revenue into your hardware business model.

Recurring revenue adds stability to your startup, improves your cash flow, fosters long-term customer relationships, makes your company … read more