A Guide to Product Development for

Non-Technical Hardware Startup Founders.

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Understanding the engineering and development

process is often a significant challenge for non-technical founders!


Founders are focused on business development, fundraising and preparing for product launch.


Engineers are focused on getting things to work.

Prototyping, testing, iterating and validating.


At Tech Bay, my goal is to provide deeper insights into

the complexities of developing electronic products

and to help better align founders with developers.


What's Inside

The Disconnect


The World of Electronics

Design for Manufacturing

Prototyping

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