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General Discussion

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. Which comes first the looks-like or works-like prototype

    By John Teel,
    • 2 replies
    • 39 views

  2. Which are your CAD tools of choice 1 2

    By tshoman,
    • 39 replies
    • 1k views

  3. What is the cheapest way to get a product developed?

    By John Teel,
    • 1 reply
    • 47 views

  4. What is the typical cost range for development?

    By John Teel,
    • 1 reply
    • 35 views

  5. Best development strategy for a maker?

    By John Teel,
    • 1 reply
    • 27 views

  6. Does this qualify as product validation?

    By Troy Yanda,
    • 7 replies
    • 55 views

  7. Outsourcing enclosure for prototype, legal matters

    By vtev,
    • 2 replies
    • 52 views

  8. Affordable Liability Insurance and not SHARKS

    By Umar Khan,
    • 1 reply
    • 34 views

  9. Seeking an electronic hardware and firmware design firm/designer

    By Bob,
    • 3 replies
    • 67 views

  10. Downloading the pdf files for the new course

    By Troy Yanda,
    • 3 replies
    • 25 views

  11. How to program an Atmega8515L and requirement connections

    By Zibaldo,
    • 4 replies
    • 44 views

  12. How to expand memory for a portable dictionary

    By Zibaldo,
    • 1 reply
    • 46 views

  13. Fusion 360 vs Kicad?

    By Clark Sann,
    • 12 replies
    • 140 views

  14. Do I really need a patent?

    By Jeffery Miner,
    • 17 replies
    • 202 views

  15. A good book about hardware startups (but mostly for funded startups)

    By Renaud,
    • 4 replies
    • 78 views

  16. ChatGPT and the future of AI for hardware startups

    By John Teel,
    • 11 replies
    • 125 views

  17. Product "features", "specifications" and "requirements" for a product requirements document (PRD)

    By ZINE,
    • 1 reply
    • 38 views

  18. Intermediate manufacturing techniques

    By ronald.hagen,   
    • 19 replies
    • 210 views

  19. What tools/software do you use to manage your projects?

    By Leon Correia,
    • 10 replies
    • 119 views

  20. Anyone visiting CES this year ?

    By Martin Sunstrum,
    • 8 replies
    • 55 views

  21. What are these bags called?

    By Nicolás Franco,
    • 2 replies
    • 31 views

  22. I want this book for Christmas

    By Dave Millman,
    • 2 replies
    • 52 views

  23. Just for fun: keyboard spell checker to offload main memory

    By Dave Millman,
    • 1 reply
    • 19 views

  24. Product Research and Idea Validation!

    By Walid Al-Bermani,
    • 3 replies
    • 29 views

  25. Prototype Fest 1.0 - Share your prototype images!

    By Nicolás Franco,
    • 17 replies
    • 408 views
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