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๐Ÿš€ Welcome to the Hardware High-Tech Start-Ups community โ€“ a new community for hardware high-tech & deep-tech founders! Starting a hardware venture is no easy feat. Unlike pure software plays, hardware founders face unique challenges: long prototyping cycles, supply chain complexity, funding gaps, scaling manufacturingโ€ฆ and the list goes on. Thatโ€™s exactly why I created this group: to bring together early-stage founders (and โ€œabout-to-beโ€ founders) who donโ€™t want to figure it all out alone. Hereโ€™s what youโ€™ll find here: ๐Ÿ”น A safe space to ask questions, share experiences, and learn from each other. ๐Ÿ”น Practical tools and templates โ€” the foundational set will always stay free for the community. ๐Ÿ”น Insights on building, funding, and scaling hardware high-tech/deep-tech startups. ๐Ÿ”น Real stories: the wins, the struggles, and the hacks that work in practice. The starter membership will always be free โ€” my goal is to grow a strong, supportive network. With time Iโ€™ll be adding extra resources like courses and private sessions for those who want to go deeper at a fee, but the foundation of this group will always remain open and collaborative. ๐Ÿ‘‰ Whether youโ€™re sketching your first prototype, already raising capital, or just curious about where to start โ€” you belong here. Your turn: - Introduce yourself in the comments! - Whatโ€™s your startup idea or area of interest? - Whatโ€™s the biggest challenge youโ€™re facing right now? Letโ€™s build this community together. ๐Ÿ’ก โ€” Anna Founder, APEX Startup Tailors
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๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ โ€˜๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜๐˜†๐—ฝ๐—ฒโ€™ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น.
Waiting to launch until everything looks flawless is a silent killer in hardware startups. ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป โ€” ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น-๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„. As an early-stage hardware founder, your MVP isnโ€™t just about proving the tech works โ€” itโ€™s about proving ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€. The fastest way to do that? Customer testing as early as possible. Hereโ€™s what that means in practice: ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ, ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜. Perfecting your prototype in isolation is a trap. ๐—จ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„. Off-the-shelf parts, 3D prints, dev boards โ€” whatever gets the job done. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป. Your future design should: - Use easily sourced, replaceable components. - Avoid exotic, hard-to-find parts unless you own their manufacturing. - Be optimized for low-cost, scalable production. Itโ€™s totally fine if your first prototypes are ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ โ€” youโ€™re buying ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ, ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ธ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป (especially around product-market fit). ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฝ for hardware: ๐—š๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ. Modularity means flexible pricing, easier assembly, shorter lead times โ€” and faster iteration. Often, itโ€™s the ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ that lets you beat slower competitors. In high-tech hardware, speed of learning is the real moat. ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜†, ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ. At what stage are you right now? Share how did you reach to this stage, what obstacle did you have to overcome.
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