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The Hardware Entrepreneur — 67 episodes
#068 - Challenges of small manufacturers to organise their production and inventory, with Kristjan Vilosius of Katana, Estonia
#067 - How to speed up your New Product Introduction - Production Line Tool, with Pete Staples of Blue Clover Devices, USA
#066 - How to apply lean startup principles to hardware, with Ash Maurya of Leanstack, USA
#065 - How to care about sustainability to get rid of plastic bottles (and still make a profit), with Moritz Waldstein of Mitte, Germany
#064 - To transform or not to transform your hardware company to an all agile one next year, with Balint Horvath, Switzerland
#063 - Your (hardware) product is not your product - think in terms of business models, with your host Balint Horvath, Switzerland
#062 - How a hardware SaaS company wants to help you not get lost in your data during product development, with Michael Corr of Duro Labs, USA
#061 - RERUN - How to avoid mistakes when building a team - lessons from mentoring 1200+ hardware entrepreneurs, with Alan Clayton of SOSV
#060 - Future global data connectivity without worrying about your costs, with Guy Zbarsky of Keepgo, Israel
#059 - Where IoT/AI are heading to - impressions from IoT Tech Expo Europe, with Balint Horvath, Switzerland
#058 - Freedom to work and play anywhere without losing power, with Nancy de Fays of Linedock, USA
#057 - Kickstarter Post-launch - a home gym challenges the "No pain No gain" crowd, with Joey Atlas of SCULPTAFIT Global, USA
#056 - Not too early, not too late - how to get the timing right for your innovation, with your host Balint Horvath, Switzerland
#055 - Why hardware startup ecosystem in Lebanon is becoming interesting, with Raja Younes of Startupsfund, Futuris Technologies, Lebanon
#054 - Kickstarter Pre-launch - a home gym challenges the "No pain No gain" crowd, with Joey Atlas of SCULPTAFIT Global, USA
#053 - Which one to choose - b2b or b2c for hardware startups, with Balint Horvath, your host, Switzerland
#052 - Student (hardware) entrepreneurship in Switzerland and worldwide, with Gregory Inauen of ETH Entrepreneur Club, Switzerland
#051 - Connecting the (hardware) dots, with Greg Fisher of BSG and Hardware Massive, USA
#050 - How to get your product found on the internet, with Ashley Faulkes of Mad Lemmings, Switzerland
#049 - RERUN - Elements of building a successful tech business, with (proven) serial entrepreneur Milton Chang of Incubic Venture Fund, USA
#048 - RERUN - How to think like Elon Musk - scrum for hardware, with Joe Justice of WIKISPEED and Scrum Inc, USA
#047 - RERUN - How next-generation retail looks like, with Vibhu Norby of b8ta, USA
#046 - When not to start a startup - how to license your idea (Part 2), with Stephen Key of inventRight, USA
#045 - Simplicity and what it has to do with what I learned from my guests in 2017, with your host Balint Horvath, Switzerland
#044 - When not to start a startup - how to license your idea (Part 1), with Stephen Key of inventRight, USA
#043 - How to avoid mistakes when building a team - lessons from mentoring 1200+ hardware entrepreneurs, with Alan Clayton of SOSV
#042 - How to think with your hands - LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® methodology with Alexandra Mandoki of Sparks Guide, Switzerland
#041 - How to use lean startup principles to start the world’s first VR cinema franchise, with Dimitri Nabatov of WeAreCinema, Switzerland
#040 - Beer as you don’t know it - a startup bringing you the freshest craft beer possible, with Jong-Wook Shin of HOPii, USA
#039 - Brain vs Capital - how to build a business from components (Part 2), with Prof. Günter Faltin, Germany
#038 - Brain vs Capital - how to build a business from components (Part 1), with Prof. Günter Faltin, Germany
#037 - Disrupting with digital manufacturing, with Nick Pinkston of Plethora, USA
#036 - Is your immersive content searchable? - Mark Milstein of Microstocksolutions, USA
#035 - How a hardware startup’s product goes viral, with Christian Smith of TrackR, USA
#034 - How next-generation retail looks like, with Vibhu Norby of b8ta, USA
#033 - Elements of building a successful tech business, with (proven) serial entrepreneur Milton Chang of Incubic Venture Fund, USA
#032 - Why manufacturing in USA vs China is becoming interesting, with Scott N. Miller of Dragon Innovation, USA
#031 - Why I change the publishing frequency, with Balint Horvath, Switzerland
#030 - Makers of the fastest production drone on Earth and beyond, with Chris Hsiao of Gossamer, USA
#029 - Call for action to you - for a new path to reduce climate change, with Joshua Spodek of NYU, Spodek Academy, USA
#028 - Meet the creators of FitBit for medication, with Peter Havas of PillDrill, USA
#027 - Rapid prototyping - a platform and its essential tools, with Finbarr Watterson of Fictiv, USA
#026 - Connected lab - a startup bringing IoT to R&D environments, with Alok Tayi of TetraScience, USA
#025 - How to benefit for your startup from the one and only hardware accelerator of Southern California, with Shaun Arora of Make in LA, USA
#024 - How to increase your own productivity and that of your garden’s, with Mattias Lepp of Click & Grow, Estonia
#023 - Developing consumer products with an all-in-one manufacturer in China that is just different, with Jacob Rothman of Platform88, China
#022 - Effective project-based learning from astrophysicist turned entrepreneur, professor, with Joshua Spodek of NYU, Spodek Academy, USA
#021 - How you can benefit from a multi-corporate accelerator, with Patricia Schlenter, David Emmerth of Kickstart Accelerator, Switzerland
#020 - Executing lean and agile retail growth for your startup or SME, with Benjamin Ertl of Retailbound, USA
#019 - Chairless chair, with Keith Gunura of noonee, Switzerland
#018 - Why not to out-innovate your customer, with Alan Klement, Entrepreneur & Innovator, USA
#017 - How *not* to think about IoT, with Michael Vladimer of Orange IoT Studio, USA
#016 - Developing with a hardware engineering company, with Karoly Molnar of ProDSP Technologies, Hungary
#015 - How to benefit for your hardware project from the first major crowdfunding platform, with Sandy Diao of Indiegogo, USA
#014 - Brick-and-mortar stores for crowdfunded projects to help reach consumers, with Damien Ng of Backers, Hong Kong
#012 - Feel the beat - creating the world’s first wearable device for musicians, with Florian Simmendinger of Soundbrenner, Germany - Hong Kong
#011 - Accelerate with an IoT accelerator, with Bay McLaughlin of Brinc, Hong Kong
#010 - How to think like Elon Musk - Scrum for Hardware, with Joe Justice of WIKISPEED and Scrum Inc, USA
#009 - Commercializing the first robotic touch sensing that uses light, with Ákos Dömötör of OptoForce, Hungary
#008 - What to learn from Pebble’s story: two times most funded Kickstarter campaign ever to its eventual end, with your host, Balint Horvath, Switzerland
#007 - How one company wants to radically cut down the lead-time of electronics manufacturing of all volumes, with Radu Diaconescu of Swie.io, Switzerland
#006 - How a drone company overcame the limitations of indoor applications for restaurants, warehouses, with Junyang Woon of Infinium Robotics, Singapore
#005 - The tough journey of building a biotech company, with Federico Bürsgens of GNA-Biosolutions, Germany
#004 - How one green company could beat the odds with a magical pencil and double each year, with Michael Stausholm of Sproutworld, Denmark
#003 - From scientist to entrepreneur for holodeck technology, evaluating startups, with Bernhard Petermeier of World Economic Forum, Switzerland
#002 - Empowering women in Nepal by a woman entrepreneur, with Anya Cherneff of Empower Generation, USA
#001 - Introduction to the podcast, with your host, Balint Horvath, Switzerland