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Managing Your Money: Finance 101 for Hardware Startups

Finance and Feasibility, Production at Scale

Finance 101 for Hardware Startups. Check out our mini-MBA primer for hardware entrepreneurs that may not come from a finance background. Do you have plan… Read More »

How to Finance Your Hardware Startup Based on Growth Stage

Finance and Feasibility, Production at Scale

Appropriate financing mechanisms for your hardware startup vary by growth stage. Learn more about when a convertible note – AKA “debt wanting to be equity”… Read More »

4 Cost Categories that You Should Factor into Your Financial Models

Finance and Feasibility

The sunk cost fallacy has sunk many hardware start-ups. Understand the various cost categories that should inform your financial models and startup business decisions. Product… Read More »

3 Things That Made This $200M Clean-Energy Startup Go Bankrupt

Finance and Feasibility, Product Design, Regulation and Certification

Everything seemed to be going right for Aquion Energy…until it wasn’t. Despite brand-name funders and a proven entrepreneurial leader, the battery company was drained by… Read More »