Marketing Your Hardware Product
Ideally, marketing your hardware product should come before your product launch. You want to find and connect with your target market as early as possible. “Early” often means before your…
What to Expect from Your First Product Development Meeting
Coming up with a product idea is exciting, but making the decision to pursue and develop it, is truly exhilarating. Many first-time entrepreneurs want to jump right in and get…
Building a Hardware Startup Isn’t a ‘One-Size-Fits-All’ Process
It is a common misconception that building a hardware startup is a straightforward and linear process: Find a Problem—Design a Solution—Sell the Product—Make Money. In theory this is how it…
Intellectual Property Protection for Hardware Startups
Navigating the world of intellectual property is challenging for seasoned entrepreneurs, and even more stressful when you are working on designing and launching your very first product. Intellectual property (IP)…
3D Academy: July 2018 STEM Enrichment Camp
In addition to our two June STEM Summer Enrichment Camps, our 3D Academy has added a third in July. For the July camp (July 30th – August 3rd), we have…
3D Academy Summer STEM Enrichment Camps—Registration Now Open
Register today for a Summer STEM Enrichment Camp. Summer is drawing near—the end of the school year is approaching, kids are counting down to their last day of school before…
Prototyping to Production—What’s 3D Printing Used For?
3D printing, also commonly referred to as additive manufacturing, is a technology that has grown exponentially over the last five to ten years. It has been a favorite tool of…
Staying Motivated As A Hardware Entrepreneur
Taking the leap into entrepreneurship is a major change and a bold move—you are now focused on building a hardware startup around your product idea, which is both intimidating and…
Leaping into Product Development—Four Questions to Ask Yourself First
Before you take the “leap” into the early stages of product development, you first must decide if you have a viable product idea that is worth pursuing. There is quite…
Building A Hardware Startup Outside of a Major Tech Hub
We are going to start off with the good news, building a hardware startup outside of a major hub (i.e. Silicon Valley, Boston, L.A.) is possible. In fact, in today’s…