Posts by Bolt Team
Bolt is a venture capital firm investing at the intersection of software and physical goods. Often writing founders their first check, Bolt focuses on concept-stage companies: pre-seed, pre-product. Portfolio companies build a foundation for success by leveraging Bolt’s engineering team, prototyping environment, and experience building multi-billion dollar companies. Bolt has offices in San Francisco and Boston.
The Advantages of Hardware
Time and time again people present the disadvantages of building hardware pro...
Wearables? Beware!
We’re in the middle of a major surge of wearable consumer electronic products...
The Internet of (Dumb) Things
Let’s solve real problems instead…
Ah, the good ole Internet of Things...
Why We Exploded Hardware and Put it on Our Walls
An inspiring place to work is more important than you think
Space is impor...
Hardware is NOT the New Software
Hardware is not for the faint of heart
It’s January: time for gym membership...
Why Bolt Isn’t An Accelerator
Reflection after our first follow-on financing
Petnet (one of our earl...
Min Time to Magic
An often overlooked statistic of great products
I buy a lot of products. Alm...
What You Can Learn From Full-Stack Thinking
A full-stack of great people means better product with fewer mistakes
One of...
Startups: Stop! Don’t hire a design firm!
The worst thing you can do as a young hardware startup is outsource your prod...