Bringing hardware to the market
summary
Crowd Supply helps engineers move hardware from prototype to continuous sales by doing media asset production, fulfillment, reseller ordering and parts sourcing with partners like Mouser and a provider directory. Key claims include MVP equals MOQ, focusing launches on niche markets and preferring open source. The platform runs ~50–100 products a year, reports a 100% success rate delivering funded products and cites one item with $700,000 in sales.
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- 0:00Start
- 5:09MVP = MOQ
- 5:56Niche Mass Market
- 6:46Sales VC
- 7:21Idea $0.0083
- 8:18Earned Content Paid Ads
- 9:14Delivery Trolls
- 9:48Plans Lotteries
- 10:36User Rights = Happy Users
- 11:33Open Source IP
- 12:28Phone Calls Forms
- 13:40THE THINGS
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