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Hardware Product Advisor for Startups
Building a successful hardware product is rarely about a single breakthrough idea. It’s a series of decisions made under uncertainty - often with limited time, budget, and experience.
This blog shares practical insight drawn from years of working across product design, engineering, manufacturing, and commercialisation. It’s written for founders navigating everything from early proof of concept through to manufacture and scale.
The articles are grouped by theme to reflect the real stages founders move through - from laying solid foundations, to structuring teams, executing development, working with manufacturing partners, and making the judgement calls that ultimately define a business.
If you’re building a physical product and want clear, experience-led thinking rather than theory, you’re in the right place.

If you’re building a consumer hardware product, there’s a moment early on where everything feels exciting – but also slightly …

Choosing the right design agency is one of the toughest and most consequential decisions a consumer-goods founder can make. Get …

I’ve had the pleasure of speaking with — and working with — hundreds of entrepreneurs and early-stage founders over the …

Originally written for the npd. blog. Following on from Part One, which I published last week, below are another five key …

Originally written for the npd. blog. I experienced both incredible highs and crushing lows, but it was these experiences that …

I’ve been lucky enough to work on both sides of the product design fence. My first couple of roles were …