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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.

376 topics in this forum

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

    By Dave Millman,   
    • 2 replies
    • 43 views

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

    By Roberto Weiser,
    • 13 replies
    • 167 views

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

    By roveregi,
    • 7 replies
    • 109 views

  4. Hardware Founder/Engineer mid-life crisis

    By Roberto Weiser,
    • 18 replies
    • 172 views

  5. Investors without a prototype?

    By Larry,
    • 4 replies
    • 64 views

  6. Scaling up manufacturing after launch

    By Sam@Congruent,
    • 5 replies
    • 97 views

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

    By John Teel,
    • 2 replies
    • 39 views

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

    By John Teel,
    • 1 reply
    • 49 views

  9. What is the typical cost range for development?

    By John Teel,
    • 1 reply
    • 35 views

  10. Best development strategy for a maker?

    By John Teel,
    • 1 reply
    • 28 views

  11. Outsourcing enclosure for prototype, legal matters

    By vtev,
    • 2 replies
    • 53 views

  12. Affordable Liability Insurance and not SHARKS

    By Umar Khan,
    • 1 reply
    • 37 views

  13. Does this qualify as product validation?

    By Troy Yanda,
    • 7 replies
    • 55 views

  14. Downloading the pdf files for the new course

    By Troy Yanda,
    • 3 replies
    • 25 views

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

    By Bob,
    • 3 replies
    • 67 views

  16. How to expand memory for a portable dictionary

    By Zibaldo,
    • 1 reply
    • 46 views

  17. How to program an Atmega8515L and requirement connections

    By Zibaldo,
    • 4 replies
    • 44 views

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

    By Renaud,
    • 4 replies
    • 79 views

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

    By Zine,
    • 1 reply
    • 40 views

  20. ChatGPT and the future of AI for hardware startups

    By John Teel,
    • 11 replies
    • 128 views

  21. Do I really need a patent?

    By Jeffery Miner,
    • 20 replies
    • 325 views

  22. What are these bags called?

    By Nicolás Franco,
    • 2 replies
    • 31 views

  23. Anyone visiting CES this year ?

    By Martin Sunstrum,
    • 8 replies
    • 55 views

  24. I want this book for Christmas

    By Dave Millman,
    • 2 replies
    • 52 views

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

    By Dave Millman,
    • 1 reply
    • 19 views
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