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Building and shipping

The work between a signed spec and a pallet of sellable units. These pieces cover the requirements document as the cheapest prototype you will ever build, what running a hardware programme involves once someone has to own the calendar, and where the difficulty in hardware moved now that prototyping is nearly free. The through line is irreversibility: hardware decisions harden long before anyone tells you they have.

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14 min read

Someone Has to Own the Calendar

What running a hardware programme actually involves once the spec is signed: gates, cost walks, remote factories and a calendar you do not control.

  • programme management
  • hardware startups
  • manufacturing
  • npi

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12 min read

The Cheapest Prototype You Will Ever Build

Why the requirements doc is a hardware startup's cheapest prototype, and what regulation, security and sunset policy now force into its first draft.

  • product requirements
  • hardware startups
  • connected products
  • regulatory compliance

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14 min read

The Hard Part Moved

Prototyping a connected product is nearly free in 2026. Tariffs, memory allocation and working capital are where hardware breaks now.

  • hardware startups
  • manufacturing
  • supply chain
  • trade policy

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17 min read

A Hardware Founder's Glossary for 2026

Seventy-eight terms a hardware founder meets in quotes, inspection reports, customs entries and compliance emails, defined plainly.

  • glossary
  • hardware startups
  • manufacturing
  • supply chain

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