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Community for Tech Hardware founders โ€” templates, Brainport access, business modeling and funding guidance. ๐Ÿš€ Welcome to the Hardware High-Tech Start-Ups community โ€“ a new community for hardware high-tech & deep-tech founders! Starting a hardware venture is no easy feat. Unlike pure software plays, hardware founders face unique challenges: long prototyping cycles, supply chain complexity, funding gaps, scaling manufacturingโ€ฆ and the list goes on. Thatโ€™s exactly why I created this group: to bring together early-stage founders (and โ€œabout-to-beโ€ founders) who donโ€™t want to figure it all out alone. Hereโ€™s what youโ€™ll find here: ๐Ÿ”น A safe space to ask questions, share experiences, and learn from each other. ๐Ÿ”น Practical tools and templates โ€” the foundational set will always stay free for the community. ๐Ÿ”น Insights on building, funding, and scaling hardware high-tech/deep-tech startups. ๐Ÿ”น Real stories: the wins, the struggles, and the hacks that work in practice. The starter membership will always be free โ€” my goal is to grow a strong, supportive network. With time Iโ€™ll be adding extra resources like courses and private sessions for those who want to go deeper at a fee, but the foundation of this group will always remain open and collaborative. ๐Ÿ‘‰ Whether youโ€™re sketching your first prototype, already raising capital, or just curious about where to start โ€” you belong here. Your turn: - Introduce yourself in the comments! - Whatโ€™s your startup idea or area of interest? - Whatโ€™s the biggest challenge youโ€™re facing right now? Letโ€™s build this community together. ๐Ÿ’ก โ€” Anna Founder, APEX Startup Tailors
New course published: how to start your new Dutch Tech Equipment Business
Check out the new course: How to start your business in the Netherlands specially tuned for Tech Equipment Start-Ups. There will be a new chapter published every couple of days - stay tuned!
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New course published: how to start your new Dutch Tech Equipment Business
Business Model Canvas for Tech equipment Start-Ups
Business model canvas is your one page business plan. It helps to keep the full business overview in one place and review it regularly. What could be better than the source! The general template can be found at Strategizer with a short instruction how to use it. - https://www.strategyzer.com/library/the-business-model-canvas
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๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ โ€˜๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜๐˜†๐—ฝ๐—ฒโ€™ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น.
Waiting to launch until everything looks flawless is a silent killer in hardware startups. ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป โ€” ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น-๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„. As an early-stage hardware founder, your MVP isnโ€™t just about proving the tech works โ€” itโ€™s about proving ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€. The fastest way to do that? Customer testing as early as possible. Hereโ€™s what that means in practice: ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ, ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜. Perfecting your prototype in isolation is a trap. ๐—จ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„. Off-the-shelf parts, 3D prints, dev boards โ€” whatever gets the job done. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป. Your future design should: - Use easily sourced, replaceable components. - Avoid exotic, hard-to-find parts unless you own their manufacturing. - Be optimized for low-cost, scalable production. Itโ€™s totally fine if your first prototypes are ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ โ€” youโ€™re buying ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ, ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ธ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป (especially around product-market fit). ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฝ for hardware: ๐—š๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ. Modularity means flexible pricing, easier assembly, shorter lead times โ€” and faster iteration. Often, itโ€™s the ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ that lets you beat slower competitors. In high-tech hardware, speed of learning is the real moat. ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜†, ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ. At what stage are you right now? Share how did you reach to this stage, what obstacle did you have to overcome.
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