Shenzhen Hardware Meetup, Nov. 3rd

Tools and Resources for Hardware Startups

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1. Tools and Resources for Hardware Startups
2. • Turnkey Manufacturing Solutions • Worked with Over 600 HW Startups • Act as COO and China Team • Community Building and Networking
3. Hardware Is Hard • Packaging • Safety/Durability • Certifications/Legal • Shipping/Logistics • Distribution/Retail • CRM • Returns • Engineering • Prototyping skills/machines • Funding • Market feedback • Tooling • Overseas production • Quality Control
4. Funding • CrowdFunding
5. Accelerators Haxlr8r.com www.ycombinator.com • http://www.88-bar.com/2013/11/cheat-sheet- for-hardware-startup-accelerators/
6. Incubators (lemnoslabs.com)
7. Prototyping • 3D printing – Shapeways.com Fictivmade.com • Electronics – Arduino/Raspberry Pi – HuaQiangBei – Seeed (www.seeedstudio.com)
8. Independent Contractors www.odesk.com -- Design For Awesome
9. Manufacturing Direct to Factory - Alibaba (www.alibaba.com) - Global Sources (www.globalsources.com) Full Service Support - BSG (www.berkeleysg.com) - PCH (www.pchintl.com) - Dragon Innovations (www.dragoninnovation.com)
10. Market Feedback Produk.me Surveymonkey.com
11. Website/ Social Media • Wordpress.com • Hubspot.com • Hootsuite.com
12. Fulfillment Houses • Shipwire.com • Amazon.com
13. Online Sales • Amazon • Direct through website • Presales sites –Celery (www.trycelery.com) –Shopify (www.shopify.com)
14. Events • Hardware Con 3 – hardwarecon.com – San Francisco, Feb. 28th, 2015 • Shenzhen Maker Faire – www.shenzhenmakerfaire.com • MakerCon • Solid • Wearable World • Tech Crunch Disrupt
15. • Startup Weekend (startupweekend.org) • Startup Grind (startupgrind.com) • Meetups • Inventor Groups –Inventor Alliance (www.inventorsalliance.org) Groups
16. Press • Tech Crunch • Engadget • Wired • Gizmodo
17. Hardware is Getting Easier
18. The Results?
22. The Hardware Revolution is Happening!