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0 to 1 insights on hardware product management from a Tesla and Apple alum. Business concept, design, technical execution, market launch.

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📚5 Books for Hardware Product Makers (Part 2)

Reads for a creative spark.

⚡️HW PMs, AI, Energy: Insights from a Full Stack Leader

I interviewed a product leader on how to make HW, SW, AI, and clean tech play nice.

🎯HW Strategy Blueprint: Apple, Tesla, & Nest

Decoding how the world's leading physical product companies go from 0 to scale.

🚀 How this HW Startup Made $1B

Dissecting 📲 Nothing’s rapid growth strategy.

🧱Design for Manufacturing: Insights from an ex Apple, Rivian, & Tesla Leader

I interviewed an industry veteran on how he scaled physical products.

Guide to User Testing for HW Products

🛠️ How to run alpha and beta testing on physical devices.

💰Financial Model for Physical Products

Course 📝 on profitability, LTV, + more for HW devices.

🎁 Guide to HW Product Quality

Ensuring users receive world-class products.

🚀Guide to HW Product Requirements Documents (PRDs): Step 2 of Product Making

How to define a physical product concept and get it ready for execution.

📈Product Market Fit for Physical Products

I asked an 🍎 Apple Vision Pro designer turned solopreneur how he sells HW.

✍️ Step 1 of Product Making: Guide to PRFAQs

How to plan for new product or startup ideas.

🚀Technology Development Process

The fun that comes before product development.

🤖Guide to Manufacturing & Supplier Selection

Sourcing and developing contract manufactures to take ideas from concept to reality.

🐝 Nature in Product Design

How hardware developers take inspiration from the world around us.

🔥Designing for Delight vs Pain

How to create products that go above and beyond.

🧵SoftGoods 101 - Technology Series

Textiles, leather, and more.

👷‍♂️Hardware vs👨‍💻Software Product Development

Why making physical products is hard

🚀Why We Need Hardware Product Managers

Case study of the Humane AI pin's product management failure

📚5 Books for Hardware Product Development

👇🏻Read these for inspiration

👴🏼Careers Age Better in Hardware

Why reverse ageism happens in the physical product industry