The Importance of Finding Advisors for Your Hardware Startup
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One of the best ways for hardware founders to overcome many of the problems they face is to get experienced advisors as soon as possible. ... read more
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Five Big Mistakes Hardware Startups Make: Here’s Why You Need to Talk to Your Customers
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Learn how to avoid some of the worst customer mistakes made by inexperienced hardware startup founders and entrepreneurs. ... read more
How to File a U.S. Provisional Patent Application (PPA)
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In this guide we take a close look at exactly what is required in a provisional patent application. Even though it is simpler than a full patent, a PPA still requires a number of steps and documentation. ... read more
Manufacturing Strategies for New Hardware Products
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We are going to compare three different manufacturing strategies: offshore, domestic, and hybrid manufacturing. ... read more
Introduction to Marketing for Hardware Startups
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Many entrepreneurs ignore marketing their hardware product until after development is finished. In this article you will learn why this is a mistake, and instead how to market your product concurrently while you develop it. ... read more
How to Get Investors and Co-Founders for Your Hardware Startup
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Finding investors and/or co-founders for your startup is never easy, but in this article you will discover what it takes to get them interested in your project. ... read more
Why It’s Important to Fail Fast With Product Development
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We often think failure is the end point. However, product development failure is actually essential to create better products and stimulate stronger innovation. ... read more
Business Models and Recurring Revenue for Hardware Startups
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The business model you select will determine how much revenue you can generate, how quickly you can scale up, and ultimately how valuable your startup will be to investors. ... read more
5 Critical Steps Before Full Product Development
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Follow these 5 initial steps to greatly increase the chances that you develop and sell a successful, profitable product. ... read more
7 Strategies to Develop Your New Product
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Discover seven strategies to get your new product developed regardless of your technical skills. There is at least one strategy for everyone. ... read more
Introduction to Rapid Hardware Development
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There is an accepted method of failing when it comes to developing something new and the phrase is “fail fast.” Startup culture is synonymous with this phrase and for good reason. The fail fast method for hardware is a bit of a different story. ... read more
How to Select the Best Method to Manufacture Your Product Enclosure
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Detailed comparison of all the various methods for manufacturing your product’s enclosure. ... read more
How to Hire Product Developers Without Spending a Fortune
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In this article you will learn how to hire developers to design your product while minimizing your financial risk. ... read more
How Much to Charge for Your New Electronic Product
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Setting the price for your new hardware product is one of your most important decisions. You need to get your pricing right as early as possible. If you mess this up it will be difficult to fix later. The pressure … read more
The Importance of Engineering Documentation and Hardware Revision Control
Revision control and proper engineering documentation are essential to ensure that you only ship quality products to customers. ... read more
Patent, Copyright, Trademark, or NDA: How to Protect Your Idea
Patents get all of the attention but there are lots of other options available to protect your product. In this article you will discover the seven best ways of legally protecting your new product. ... read more
Why Testing Your Product is Just As Important as the Product Itself
Learn what needs to be tested, how to test it, and how to design your product to make it more easily testable so only high quality units ever ship to your customers. ... read more
The 4 Step Process I Followed to Get My Own Hardware Product to Market
I’m going to share with you the four steps I followed to fund my manufacturing, build a global sales team, and successfully sell my product in hundreds of retail stores. ... read more
The Minimum Viable Hardware Product
The Minimum Viable Product (MVP) concept is more often associated with software but it applies equally well to hardware with some modifications. ... read more
The Path of Hardware Entrepreneurship: You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know
There is a concept in psychology called the Dunning-Kruger Effect, which is a hypothetical cognitive bias stating that people with low ability at a task overestimate their ability. We are all guilty of this cognitive bias at some point, but recognizing it is the first step to understanding yourself and the world around you, allowing you to overcome this bias. ... read more
