From Prototype to Mass Manufacturing: Understanding Scaling Costs for Physical Products

The most underestimated part of bringing a hardware product to market is scaling costs. Use this article to accurately forecast every cost associated with bringing your product from prototype to mass manufacturing in Asia. ... read more

Idea to Prototype: Understanding Product Development Costs

Development costs are the first big obstacle that you are likely to run into when running a hardware product startup. In this article I’m going to list every single development cost that you can expect to encounter. ... read more

Top 30 Resources for Hardware Startups and Makers

I’ve put together a list of my favorite online resources for those developing new electronic products. These 30 resources will really help you succeed. ... read more

How to Package Your New Hardware Product

Learn why retail packaging is overlooked but extremely important. This article details everything you need to know when designing packaging for your own consumer electronics product. ... read more

21 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About Me

If you read this blog regularly you already know I’m passionate about electronics, product development, and entrepreneurship. ... read more

Want to Make Millions? Don’t Develop a Product: Do This Instead!

Let’s have some fun and dream big, and I mean astronomically big! Is your goal to develop a new product, get it to market, and then sit back and watch the money roll in? ... read more

How long does it take to develop a new product and get it to market?

One of the most popular questions I get is how long does it take to bring a new hardware product to market? The simple answer is, a long time. The more accurate answer depends on many variables, including the following: ... read more

Why You Should Begin With a Preliminary Production Design for Your Product

Define your product, design it, then manufacture it. Right? Well, not exactly. Although, this is the process most entrepreneurs follow, it’s not the process you should follow. ... read more

Why Hardware is Hard, But Easier Than Ever

Hardware is hard is so commonly said it has become a cliché. Yeah, you know it’s hard, but why exactly? I will discuss this in detail in this article. ... read more

Hiring an Electrical Engineer to Develop Your New Electronic Hardware Product

Developing a new electronic product absolutely requires that you hire the right electrical engineer(s).  As with medicine, electrical engineering is a broad field of study with countless specializations.

Not all engineers are created equal. If you hire the wrong designer … read more

How Much Does a Prototype Cost?

One of the first major steps on the road to bringing a new product to market is the creation of a prototype. Learn just how much the prototyping process is going to cost you. ... read more