the hardware startup by katherine hague of the blueprint from techtoronto feb 2015

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!!

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katherine@theblueprint.com @katherinehague