It does. Hardware startups need more experience than software startups, because there are more moving parts (contract manufacturers, component makers, distribut

It does. Hardware startups need more experience than software startups, because there are more moving parts (contract manufacturers, component makers, distributors, standards bodies) and because mistakes are harder to fix. It helps a lot to have one guy (Luke) spend half his time keeping current with everything, and half his time disseminating this to startups as they need it. Another factor is that when dealing with big companies (like most contract manufacturers and component vendors,) a single early-stage startup has no leverage to negotiate good deals, but a community of startups does.