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HARDWARE 101
I’m @katherinehague
Co-Founder & CEO ShopLocket
The Blueprint & Global Hardware Hackathons for
PCH International
Incubation Distribution
Manufacturing Supply Chain Management
We’re on the search for the next Steve Jobs.
Julie Uhrman Founder and CEO of OUYA
Limor Fried Founder at Adafruit
Marc Barros Co-Founder at Moment
Dale Dougherty Founder and CEO of Maker Media
Ben Larralde Founder at HACKSTER.IO
Eric Ries Pioneer of The Lean Startup
Movement
Robert Platek Founder and CEO of IoT
Toronto Meetup
Kate Drane Design, Tech & Hardware
Lead at IndiegogoTom Emrich
Founder of We Are WearablesEric Boyd
Founder at SensebridgeNick Pinkston
Founder at Plethora
Chris Anderson Co-Founder and CEO at
3D RoboticsRenee DiResta
Principal at OATVTom Igoe
Co-Founder of ArduinoBen Kaufman CEO of Quirky
Karl Bass CEO,Autodesk
HARDWARE IS EXPLODING.
THE HARDWARE + WEARABLE TECH BUZZ
INVESTMENTS
HARDWARE AND WEARABLES GROWTH
Beats by Dre acquired by Apple for $3 billion
Facebook acquires Oculus VR for $2 billion
Google acquires Nest Labs for $3.2 billion
Nest Labs buys Dropcam for $555 American venture capitalists
invested a record $848 million in hardware startups in 2014, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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How is hardware different to software?
Very clear value exchange.
Many existing distribution channels.
Ripe for disruption.
Ship once. Hardware can’t be updated over the cloud.
You still have all of the problems of software.
Tips for success.
Do customer development.
Know your costs & don’t under price.
Pre-orders rarely fund your operations.
Be a company, not a project.
Where to start.
Events
Prototyping Tools
Prototyping Partners
Online Sourcing
Accelerators
Manufacturing
Sales
Some final thoughts.
Read !Makers: The New Industrial Revolution !By Chris Anderson
M U S T W A T C H : !
S I L I C O N V A L L E Y P B S
M U S T D O : !
G E T O N A P L A N E . G O T O T H E
V A L L E Y . G O T O S H E N Z H E N .
TORONTOHARDWAREHACKATHON
MARCH 6, 7, 8, 2015
Meet awesome peopleMeet awesome people Make cool stuffMake cool stuff $8000 in prizes$8000 in prizes Think creativelyThink creatively Have fun!!Have fun!!
hardwarehackathon.org
