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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

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Funding for Hardware Startups: Different Stages of the Funding Process

There is more to funding for hardware startups than Kickstarter and IPOs. Depending on the stage of your idea, there are a number of different types of funding available, and there are different reasons to find that funding at each … Continue reading

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How to Perfectly Time and Execute Your Crowdfunding Campaigns from a Manufacturers Perspective

If you’re looking to succeed at crowdfunding campaigns, then you need to make sure you stack the deck to ensure the best chance of meeting your funding goals. Sure, there are a lot of highly publicized success stories from the … Continue reading

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A Handbook for the Hardware Entrepreneur

By Eli Sinaiko Taking an idea, no matter how great, and making it tangible is no easy process. This is doubly true for hardware entrepreneurs. As the saying goes, “Hardware is Hard.” Fortunately, the revolutionary crowdfunding website IndieGoGo created and … Continue reading

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Crowdfunding and Market Validation

In my last post I talked a lot about the concept of crowdfunding and why it is such a powerful tool to raise money and get your business going.  But, I actually believe there is an even greater advantage to … Continue reading

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Crowdfunding

I started this business 8 years ago based on a few key principles: 1) Scalability.  I had learned in my first business (ice cream stores!) that I wanted the business to be have features and processes that would allow it … Continue reading

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