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I make robots in Chicago and sell them on Tindie. My top two competitors are in Finland and Japan. Yes, I hear Shenzhen is crazy awesome, but try not to let loc
by hugs 12y ago
I make robots in Chicago and sell them on Tindie. My top two competitors are in Finland and Japan. Yes, I hear Shenzhen is crazy awesome, but try not to let location dominate your world view of what is easy or difficult. Making a good hardware product is difficult, no matter where you make it.
- codemac 12y ago> try not to let location dominate your world view of what is easy or difficult Didn't YC move?
- anujdeshpande 12y agoTrue that. Cambridge,MA initially.
- hugs 12y agoYes. Of course, I wish YC would take my advice, too! ;)
- anujdeshpande 12y agoI know what you mean. I make development boards(Tah) out of India. But I understand that most of what I use comes some way or the other from Shenzhen. A lot many times there are things that I am using which probably are outdated in China. Relevant article by bunnie : http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=4297 http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=4297
- rasz_pl 12y ago>I make robots in Chicago and sell them on Tindie sounds very scalable
- emilepetrone 12y agoI founded Tindie. You would be shocked..
- paulgerhardt 12y agoHaters gonna hate. You do good, keep it up.
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- swamp40 12y ago>> I make robots in Chicago and sell them on Tindie. So, let's say now you need 10,000 of them. For 1/4 the price. Delivered next month. That's where Shenzhen starts looking really nice. Especially if you've already got reliable contacts there, like Bolt does with Dragon Innovation.
- hugs 12y agoWhen I need to make 10,000 cheap and fast, yes, I'll most likely be making a pilgrimage to Shenzen. Totally agree with your point. But not every startup (especially low-volume, high-price, high-touch b2b) needs to focus at the start on making 10,000 units cheap and fast.