Hardware, Less Hard

What you'll get

Alexis Ohanian rounds up advice from founders, designers and other specialists who spoke at a 2016 Y Combinator hardware event, on how making a physical product differs from shipping software: how fast to expect to iterate, why a factory is a partner you need to know well, what building locally can buy you, and what early buyers can teach you. It was written for venture-backed gadget startups and is dated, so read it to see how making things changes the pace and cost of a company, and leave its crowdfunding totals and company examples aside.