An article in TechRepublic describes a hardware startup running on a low budget and using rapid prototyping (3D printing) to iterate their product, following a model similar to a software startup.
Not the article's author, but another author from TechRepublic summaries the story in this video clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLhgZ5VRHz0#t=810 How Beam launched a hardware startup with only $500K, and what you can learn from it http://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-beam-launched-a-hardware-startup-with-only-500k-and-what-you-can-learn-from-it/ Five hundred thousand dollars is a tight budget for even the most practical software startup. Trying to launch a hardware startup for that is somewhere between naive and audacious. Enter Beam Technologies, a healthcare startup that used their $500,000 seed round to design, develop, and ship 7500 of their Beam Brush, a connected toothbrush that collects and analyzes data on your brushing habits. -Tom _______________________________________________ Hardwarehacking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/hardwarehacking
