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HAX ACCELERATORShenzhen - China
HAX BOOSTSan Francisco - USA
HAX FUTURESNew York - USA
3 Programs
The First & Largest Global Hardware Accelerator
LIFESTYLE HEALTH ROBOTICS IoT ENABLEMENT
ADVANCED MANUFACTURING
HAX Tracks
60% Americas, 20% Europe, 20% Asia
60% B2C, 40% B2B
ADVANCED MANUFACTURING
LIFESTYLEROBOTICS
“Fitbit trajectory”
“Lego for robotics” “Polaroid” mobile case
Circuit board printer $9 computer
Smart lights Mobile blood testingHEALTH
IoT ENABLEMENT
LIFESTYLE
And it has already fragmented!
HovertraxSegway Ninebot MiniOnewheel Solowheel Z-board
LESSON 1: THE MARKET IS FASTER THAN OUR LANGUAGE
Self-balancing scooter?Hoverboard?Smart scooter? Smart board?
Smart balance wheel?
Protect yourself with science, software or a community
LESSON 2: COMMODITIZATION REACHED LIGHT SPEED
Protecting and commercializing is just as hard
LESSON 3: INVENTING IS ONLY HALF THE BATTLE
1986 2001
15YEARS
15YEARS
2016
Hoverboards benefit from the lack of patent and China’s “network model” of IP
LESSON 4: PUBLIC DOMAIN INVENTION
Sour
ce: G
izm
odo
“Fun to ride for 5 minutes at a gadget conference, insane to buy” TechCrunch, January 2015 (prices dropped 80% since then)
LESSON 6: HITS ARE HARD TO PREDICT
Importers and customers should do proper due diligence
LESSON 7: BUYERS BEWARE
With this product:- No address - Potential fake components - Certified (CE, FCC) does
not mean safe to ride