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From Prototype to Production: 7 Pitfalls for Tech Products

July 14, 2021 by Renaud Anjoran

From Prototype to Production: 7 Pitfalls for Tech Products

If you have already done the hard work of building a look-alike and work-alike prototype, congratulations! However, there are still these 7 most common pitfalls you have to avoid while going from prototype to production... … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Crowdfunding Tagged With: crowdfunding, electronic product design, manufacturing contract, mature product designs, mechanical product design, pilot runs, product development agreement, product performance testing, product reliability testing, product testing, prototyping, tooling

New Product Development: 12 Tradeoffs Every Hardware Startup Faces

June 29, 2020 by Renaud Anjoran

New Product Development: 12 Tradeoffs Every Hardware Startup Faces

After working with companies that develop their own products for manufacturing here in China, I started to notice a lot of similarities. Every project is different, its challenges are sometimes unique, but the main decision points tend to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Product Development Tagged With: crowdfunding, IP protection, new product development, product concept, product engineering, validating market demand

Bringing an IoT Product from Concept to Market: Case Study

May 6, 2020 by Renaud Anjoran

ahera osia band and smartphone app

We've been fortunate to help Ahera develop their OSIA IoT smart band from concept to prototype and to get them prepared to take the next steps (tooling, certification, preparation, production). It is actually a great case study for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Develop a New Electronic Product in China, New Product Development Tagged With: crowdfunding, fitness, hardware startups, indiegogo, IoT, new product launch, new product manufacturing, product development, prototyping, wearables

5 Marketing & Sales Mistakes Hardware Startups Tend To Make

January 20, 2020 by Renaud Anjoran

5 Marketing & Sales Mistakes Hardware Startups Tend To Make

John Teel from Predictable Designs (a great resource for hardware startups, with a focus on electronic design & engineering) just launched his podcast, and I thought the third episode was quite interesting. The interviewee was Dave … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Product Development Tagged With: crowdfunding, hardware startups, marketing mistakes, product development, sales mistakes, software startups

7 Typical Pitfalls for Hardware Startups Producing in China

December 19, 2019 by Renaud Anjoran

Typical Pitfalls for Hardware Startups Producing in China

A few years ago, I remember reading about the Coolest Cooler, a nice product that raised an amazing amount of money on Kickstarter: over 6,000 people bought it for a total of 13 million USD!! Yet, they went bust leaving a lot of frustrated … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Product Development Tagged With: cautionary tales, coolest cooler, crowdfunding, crowdfunding failures, developing new products, electronic hardware products, entrepreneurs, hardware startup, hardware startups, inventors, kickstarter, new product launch

How to start manufacturing in 10 steps for Kickstarter entrepreneurs

October 17, 2019 by Renaud Anjoran

Kickstarter Campaign Tips: 10 Steps To Start Manufacturing

This framework will help any entrepreneur who has successfully crowdfunded a product to understand how to start manufacturing. Now, what to do? What are the steps to have the first batch of products made in China? … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Crowdfunding, New Product Development Tagged With: crowdfunding, hardware startups, how to start manufacturing, kickstarter, manufacturing, production challenges

Pros and Cons of Crowdfunding (Kickstarter/Indiegogo) for Startups

October 17, 2018 by Renaud Anjoran

Pros and Cons of Crowdfunding (Kickstarter/Indiegogo) for Startups

Crowdfunding has emerged as one of the main sources of funding for hardware startups (and many other ventures). Here are a few impressive statistics: 15 million people have backed a Kickstarter project since 2009. Backers pledged a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Product Development Tagged With: crowdfunding, crowdfunding failures, hardware startups, indiegogo, kickstarter


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