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The Bolt Blog. - Investing where culture and technology intersect. I joined Bolt in 2014, just as we were closing our first venture fund of $32M to invest in founders. On March 15th, I had the opportunity to catch up with Aicha Evans, CEO of Zoox, for our most recent. DEVELOPING A PRODUCT REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT FOR HARDWARE 1. Aligning Your Team. Even with teams of two people, there can be miscommunications about the product intent. Writing product requirements together is a great way to ensure your entire team is on the same page. It’s also great to revisit if disagreements arise and to share with new people when they join the team. 2. BOLT - INVESTING WHERE CULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY INTERSECT One Drop A diabetes management platform that helps people navigate diabetes togetherNew YorkSeed THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO BUILDING HARDWARE STARTUP TEAMS This is Part 2 of a three part series. If you missed Part 1, check it out here: Part 1: Founders and Culture or continue on to Part 3: Management and Scale if that’s more relevant for you. In the very early days of getting your first product out, a hardware “startup” is less of a company and more of a collection of people focused on building a single product. BOLT - INVESTING WHERE CULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY INTERSECT Spyce. An original restaurant concept featuring a robotic kitchen that cooks and serves delicious meals. Boston. Pre-Seed. THE ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT (PART 4 This is Part 4 of a 4 part series on the hardware product development process. If you missed Part 1 (Ideation), Part 2 (Design) or Part 3 (Engineering), make sure to check them out. Part 4: Validation The validation phase is the most commonly standardized phase of BOLT - INVESTING WHERE CULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY INTERSECTTEAMBLOGPORTFOLIOADAPTING TO THE CORONAVIRUS DOWNTURN AS A PRE-SEED FOUNDER BY AXEL BICHARA Bolt is a pre-seed venture firm investing in companies leveraging unique technology and valuable data sets to reimagine products, systems, and experiences across the economy. We are independently minded and lead the first round of financing in over 90% of our investments. Submit a pitch ︎︎︎. BOLT - INVESTING WHERE CULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY INTERSECT Bolt invests early and with conviction, leading or co-leading the first round of. financing in over 90% of our portfolio companies. Themes. All - Health - New Family - Work Better - Industry and Transport - Everyday Routine - Sustainability. Categories. B2B - B2C. BOLT - INVESTING WHERE CULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY INTERSECT Matt Thoms. Matt has spent his career building and supporting early-stage companies with a focus on using new tech to solve pragmatic problems. At venture co-creation firm Allied Minds, Matt launched products and businesses across a variety of deep tech sectors. He was on the founding team at BridgeSat and led the company through their Series A BOLT - INVESTING WHERE CULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY INTERSECT Foundation The open hardware foundation for Bitcoin and the decentralized InternetBostonSeedTHE BOLT BLOG
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WILL YOUR HARDWARE STARTUP MAKE MONEY? To illustrate this, let’s manufacture a fictional pair of bluetooth headphones, the Bolt-o-Phones. We need to make a few assumptions: Our Bolt-o-Phones will be sold for $99 MSRP (manufacturer’s suggested retail price) First production run will be 5,000 units. Product development will take 9 months. A small, 5 person team will work fulltime
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