Collision 2015 - Liam Casey of PCH with Jonathan Krim of The Wall Street Journal
summary
PCH explains concrete pipelines: prototyping with Arduino, Raspberry Pi and 3D printing, running global hackathons, then a four-month Highway One accelerator that includes two weeks in Shenzhen and a $50,000 seed plus single-digit equity. Big-company work focuses on DFM, packaging and logistics. Revenue exceeds one billion dollars annually. Later-stage help comes via PCH access. Example wins include sensor-driven smart shelf prototypes that trigger e‑commerce replenishment.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction to PCH and Liam Casey
- 1:28Hardware startup trends and innovation
- 3:34PCH’s incubation and business model
- 6:47Manufacturing for Fortune 500 companies
- 8:53Trending hardware products and sensor tech
- 11:00Working with startups outside incubation
- 12:44Tech industry life cycle and risks
- 13:46Challenges of working in China
- 15:11Global hardware market awareness
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