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This is the place to ask any general questions about developing, manufacturing, and selling a hardware product. Topics may include development strategies, funding, patents, business strategies, scaling, marketing, and sales. Basically anything that isn't too technical.

343 topics in this forum

  1. zWave Smart Lock (not for a door)

    By Myke Bates,
    • 1 reply
    • 27 views

  2. I am about to lose an entire quarter on shipping

    By Nathan Rhoades,
    • 9 replies
    • 84 views

  3. Kickstarter hardware project: Factory Visits to China

    By Dave Millman,
    • 2 replies
    • 64 views

  4. Marketing help required

    By Dwight Caspersz,
    • 9 replies
    • 79 views

  5. Client does not want to pay - what to do?

    By Roberto Weiser,
    • 13 replies
    • 165 views

  6. Write your own patent

    By Nathan Rhoades,
    • 4 replies
    • 83 views

  7. Estimating time and cost to develop a photocurrent amplifier with adjustable offset & amplification factor

    By Milind Joshi,
    • 7 replies
    • 58 views

  8. Dealing with burnout

    By Nathan Rhoades,
    • 8 replies
    • 175 views

  9. Hardware Founder/Engineer mid-life crisis

    By Roberto Weiser,
    • 18 replies
    • 166 views

  10. Generic camera with white-label options

    By Myke Bates,
    • 6 replies
    • 36 views

  11. Electronics Components Inventory for sale

    By tonyjose,
    • 5 replies
    • 60 views

  12. Ensuring the long term availability of parts

    By Bob,
    • 12 replies
    • 134 views

  13. Recommendations for Contractor company or freelance engineer

    By Shawn,
    • 5 replies
    • 45 views

  14. Working with engineering company for my prototype

    By Shawn,
    • 17 replies
    • 164 views

  15. Realistically bootstrap a hardware startup

    By Larry,
    • 11 replies
    • 188 views

  16. Interviewed by Dutch/Belgian tech site, generating hundreds or pre-orders!

    By wijnsema,
    • 13 replies
    • 197 views

  17. Good source for (cardboard) product boxes?

    By Marc Novakowski,
    • 5 replies
    • 59 views

  18. Air sterilization system

    By Kimberly Lewis,   
    • 0 replies
    • 20 views

  19. Design Houses in US/Canada

    By Tedy,
    • 2 replies
    • 42 views

  20. Availability of LoRaWAN, NB-IOT, and LTE-M

    By Larry,
    • 2 replies
    • 33 views

  21. Product validation - Good or bad?

    By Hook,
    • 3 replies
    • 42 views

  22. Best strategy to scale from prototype to product, road to 10k units.

    By roveregi,
    • 7 replies
    • 109 views

  23. Reverse-engineering the Globus INK, a Soviet spaceflight navigation computer

    By Dave Millman,   
    • 2 replies
    • 42 views

  24. Investors without a prototype?

    By Larry,
    • 4 replies
    • 63 views

  25. Scaling up manufacturing after launch

    By Sam@Congruent,
    • 5 replies
    • 97 views
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