Start Up Resources¶
Prototype to production¶
FROM PROJECT TO KIT¶
Hackaday on "turning an electronic project into a marketable kit"
- SO YOU WANT TO SELL ELECTRONIC KITS
- GETTING THE HARDWARE RIGHT
- INSTRUCTIONS ARE EVERYTHING
- BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER
- AFTER THE SALE
Make Magazine: Launching A Kickstarter¶
Production & Design Work¶
- 9 Costs That Factor into Mass Manufacturing a Hardware Product
- Connectors Tutorial
- Monday Experiment: Bootloading an ATmega32u4 with Arduino - minimum electronics necessary to create a Leonardo clone, important documentation for building completely custom PCB/Shrinkifying the Holoseat
- PCB Routing Service - Team at Dangerous Prototypes provides PCB routing/layout service for OSHW projects at $35/hour (3 hour min)
- Bulk programmer for Arduino
- OSH Park - community PCB order site (great review on G+)
- 3 Costs to Consider When Mass Manufacturing a Hardware Product
- HOW TO SELECT JUST ABOUT ANY ELECTRONIC PART
- Small Batch Assembly
Product Pricing¶
- A Founder’s Guide to Product Pricing
- The Essential Guide on the Costs to Develop, Scale, and Manufacture a New Electronic Hardware Product
- Preliminary design (pre-design) and detailed cost analysis for new electronic hardware products.
- The Definitive Guide to Pricing Your New Electronic Hardware Product
Start Up Case Studies¶
- Mini Materials on Starter Story
- What Investors Look for in a Hardware Startup
- https://www.fastcompany.com/40426906/why-200-adult-security-blankets-are-a-stroke-of-startup-genius
- How to Test Drive Your Business Idea Before Quitting Your Job
- Reddit AMA about a couple who started an online business together
- Bootstrapping Side Projects into Profitable Startups
- Emerging Business Models for Open Source Hardware