Tag Archives: Early Stage
How To Set The Introductory Price For Your Product When Crowdfunding
Setting a price for a new product isn’t easy and has been an area where many hardware startups have struggled. You want to be able to get funded and cover your costs of getting the product manufactured and delivered to … Continue reading
5 Important Considerations When Sourcing Hardware Products Online
The time has come for you to find a manufacturing partner that can produce your hardware product. You want to take advantage of an overseas manufacturing strategy and you heard of this website called Alibaba where factories are lined up … Continue reading
Online Legal Tools for Hardware Startups
Starting a hardware startup unfortunately isn’t just about creating a great product that you’re proud of and then selling it. If you’re really going to launch a small business, you’ll find that you need to wear many hats, and some … Continue reading
Learn to Manage Your HW Startup Better With Google’s Management Methodology
Google shared with the world its Material Design Language to help app developers and web designers make more attractive looking software, but that’s not the only trick up the company’s sleeves. Google has also been very vocal about its management … Continue reading
Quality Control vs Quality Assurance
If you are outsourcing your manufacturing, then making sure that there is good quality control in place is absolutely crucial. This is what will ensure that any of your products are produced exactly to specification before they end up in … Continue reading
Marketing For Hardware Startups: How To Connect With Customers?
Understanding how to connect with customers is a crucial part of marketing for startups, especially for any business that wants to maximize profits. The more your audience is engaged with you, the more they’re interested in your products and services, … Continue reading
Marketing for Hardware Startups: Determine if Your Hardware Product has a Big Enough Market Opportunity
When you’re a startup about to launch a new product, chances are that you’re going to want to make some kind of profit from it. Even if you’re not motivated by money, having a successful product means you’ll have profit … Continue reading
6 Tools for Crowdsourcing Product Designs
Crowdfunding has completely changed the way that many hardware startups approach their business plans and create their products, and similarly allowing crowdsourcing product designs are also available now too. Thanks to crowdfunding, we’ve seen the emergence of whole new product … Continue reading
What Are the Elements that Make a Great Crowdfunding Video?
Making money on Kickstarter, Indiegogo or other crowdfunding sites isn’t as easy as you might have been led to believe. Sure, this is a fantastic tool for building an audience, generating buzz around a product and gaining access to funds, … Continue reading
Tips on Pitching Hardware Startups to VCs
Making your dream of running a successful hardware startup a reality will require cash. Unless you happen to have a huge stash hidden away somewhere, you’re likely going to be reliant on outside investment – which often means that you’re … Continue reading