Sep 7 โข General discussion
๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ โ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฒโ ๐บ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น.
Waiting to launch until everything looks flawless is a silent killer in hardware startups. ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ปโ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป โ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น-๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ป๐ผ๐.
As an early-stage hardware founder, your MVP isnโt just about proving the tech works โ itโs about proving ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐.
The fastest way to do that? Customer testing as early as possible.
Hereโs what that means in practice:
๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ, ๐๐ฒ๐๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐. Perfecting your prototype in isolation is a trap.
๐จ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐โ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ป๐ผ๐. Off-the-shelf parts, 3D prints, dev boards โ whatever gets the job done.
๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป. 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.
Itโs totally fine if your first prototypes are ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐
๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ โ youโre buying ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ, ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ธ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป (especially around product-market fit).
๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฝ for hardware: ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ.
Modularity means flexible pricing, easier assembly, shorter lead times โ and faster iteration. Often, itโs the ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ that lets you beat slower competitors.
In high-tech hardware, speed of learning is the real moat. ๐ฆ๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐, ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ป, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ด๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ.
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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