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Teardown: Sonos One
The Sonos One speaker is the flagship smart Alexa-enabled speaker. Sonos is hoping it will boost the the trajectory of…
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What Cracking Open a Sonos One Tells Us About the Sonos IPO
For eight years, a war has been raging among a number of unlikely players. This bloodless technology battle is turning…
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What Hardware Startups Can Learn from Pebble
Crossing the Chasm Many consumer hardware startups think being first to market with breakthrough technology will make them successful. While Pebble…
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What Nest teaches us about the emotion of hardware
Most startups proposition their products as obvious, rational purchases. Most of them are lying. Hardware purchases have two drivers Whether you…
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Why Bolt Isn’t An Accelerator
Petnet (one of our early portfolio companies) just announced their next round of major financing. Some of our favorite investors participated…
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Why We Exploded Hardware and Put it on Our Walls
Space is important. One of my favorite things about startup culture is that tech companies understand the power of space.…
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Will your hardware start-up make money ?
We talk to lots of founders who underestimate how hard it is to make money selling consumer hardware, especially on…
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Certification and Regulatory Requirements for Product Developers
If you’re designing a physical product, you have an important responsibility to ensure your creation will be a good citizen…
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Touchpad
Also called a glide pad, glide point, pressure sensitive tablet, or trackpad, a touchpad is an input device on laptops and some keyboards. It allows the user to move a cursor with their finger.…
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Modem
A modem may refer to any of the following: 1. A modem or broadband modem is a hardware device that connects a computer or router to a broadband network. For example, a cable Modem and DSL…
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Video capture Card
Internal or external device that connects from the computer or device to a video camera or similar device capable of…
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What Is an Express Card for a Laptop?
To reduce weight and size of laptops, manufacturers are always looking for ways to make laptops smaller and lighter. An…
