Business Strategy
The Promised Land of Hardware Startups
We’re in the middle of a hardware renaissance. By my count, over 400 venture ...
Why We Invest in the Adjacent Possible
I love the idea of the adjacent possible. It’s this idea that at any point in...
Hardware Startups Should Lower User Expectations
I continually notice hardware startup founders over-promising and under-deliv...
The Failure of Coin
A few weeks ago news broke that Fitbit purchased most of the assets of Coin. ...
Mistakes that Kill Hardware Startups
At Bolt we see lots of pitches from first time hardware founders. If you’ve n...
What Kind of Hardware Market Are You In?
There’s been a cambrian explosion of new hardware products in the last five y...
What Startups Can Learn From IKEA
Hardware startups continuously struggle with two things: sales and supply cha...
How Hardware Startups Stop Commoditization
The story of hardware has been one of innovation followed by commoditization....
The Hardware Startup Valley of Death
There’s a valley of death for hardware startups. Ironically, it occurs when c...