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The Hardware Entrepreneur

“Software eats the world”, as one famous investor once said it. However, our Earth runs on resources and is based on atoms rather than bits. Our true progress therefore depends mainly on our producing... Read more

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#010 - How to think like Elon Musk - Scrum for Hardware, with Joe Justice of WIKISPEED and Scrum Inc, USA

#010 - How to think like Elon Musk - Scrum for Hardware, with Joe Justice of WIKISPEED and Scrum Inc, USA

Today I have a special guest. If there was a black belt in his field, he would certainly be one of its holder. He’s a ma... Read more

25 Jan 2017

50mins

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#027 - Rapid prototyping - a platform and its essential tools, with Finbarr Watterson of Fictiv, USA

#027 - Rapid prototyping - a platform and its essential tools, with Finbarr Watterson of Fictiv, USA

I’ve recently interviewed Finbarr Watterson, Hardware Community Evangelist at Fictiv, from the Bay Area, USA. His compan... Read more

24 May 2017

36mins

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#063 - Your (hardware) product is not your product - think in terms of business models, with your host Balint Horvath, Switzerland

#063 - Your (hardware) product is not your product - think in terms of business models, with your host Balint Horvath, Switzerland

This episode features me and I’ll talk about topics that are especially relevant for technical founders. Your product is... Read more

24 Oct 2018

18mins

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#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

#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

I had Michael Corr as guest, who is the co-founder and CEO of Duro Labs from LA, southern California. I already had a gu... Read more

26 Sep 2018

54mins

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#022 - Effective project-based learning from astrophysicist turned entrepreneur, professor, with Joshua Spodek of NYU, Spodek Academy, USA

#022 - Effective project-based learning from astrophysicist turned entrepreneur, professor, with Joshua Spodek of NYU, Spodek Academy, USA

I’ve interviewed Joshua Spodek, a professor at NYU and an entrepreneur. This has been an eye-opener interview for me on ... Read more

19 Apr 2017

58mins

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#061 - RERUN - How to avoid mistakes when building a team - lessons from mentoring 1200+ hardware entrepreneurs, with Alan Clayton of SOSV

#061 - RERUN - How to avoid mistakes when building a team - lessons from mentoring 1200+ hardware entrepreneurs, with Alan Clayton of SOSV

This is a rerun episode after one month of no publishing. As mentioned in the last episode, I changed the publishing fre... Read more

29 Aug 2018

43mins

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#003 - From scientist to entrepreneur for holodeck technology, evaluating startups, with Bernhard Petermeier of World Economic Forum, Switzerland

#003 - From scientist to entrepreneur for holodeck technology, evaluating startups, with Bernhard Petermeier of World Economic Forum, Switzerland

My guest is Bernhard Petermeier, founder of CargoSoul, community leader of Technology Pioneers at World Economic Forum f... Read more

8 Dec 2016

48mins

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#037 - Disrupting with digital manufacturing, with Nick Pinkston of Plethora, USA

#037 - Disrupting with digital manufacturing, with Nick Pinkston of Plethora, USA

My interview guest is from the US from San Francisco, Nick Pinkston, founder and CEO of Plethora. In case you’re into ma... Read more

13 Sep 2017

37mins

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#032 - Why manufacturing in USA vs China is becoming interesting, with Scott N. Miller of Dragon Innovation, USA

#032 - Why manufacturing in USA vs China is becoming interesting, with Scott N. Miller of Dragon Innovation, USA

My guest has recently been Scott N. Miller, co-founder and CEO of Dragon Innovation, a company based in the US helping h... Read more

5 Jul 2017

36mins

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#017 - How *not* to think about IoT, with Michael Vladimer of Orange IoT Studio, USA

#017 - How *not* to think about IoT, with Michael Vladimer of Orange IoT Studio, USA

My guest is Mike Vladimer, cofounder of Orange IoT Studio in Silicon Valley, the innovation strategy office of Orange, o... Read more

15 Mar 2017

43mins

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#043 - How to avoid mistakes when building a team - lessons from mentoring 1200+ hardware entrepreneurs, with Alan Clayton of SOSV

#043 - How to avoid mistakes when building a team - lessons from mentoring 1200+ hardware entrepreneurs, with Alan Clayton of SOSV

My guest is Alan Clayton of SOSV, who’s the Roaming Mentor at the VC and who’s been with the company since the beginning... Read more

6 Dec 2017

42mins

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#059 - Where IoT/AI are heading to - impressions from IoT Tech Expo Europe, with Balint Horvath, Switzerland

#059 - Where IoT/AI are heading to - impressions from IoT Tech Expo Europe, with Balint Horvath, Switzerland

Recently I participated in IoT Tech Expo Europe in Amsterdam on 27-28 June. It was a fascinating event to feel the pulse... Read more

18 Jul 2018

15mins

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#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

#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

In this episode, you’ll hear a short, dense analysis on the rise and demise of a well-known company, Pebble, which produ... Read more

11 Jan 2017

16mins

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#016 - Developing with a hardware engineering company, with Karoly Molnar of ProDSP Technologies, Hungary

#016 - Developing with a hardware engineering company, with Karoly Molnar of ProDSP Technologies, Hungary

My guest is Karoly Molnar, co-founder and CEO of ProDSP Technologies, Hungary. ProDSP Technologies, a hardware engineeri... Read more

8 Mar 2017

40mins

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#044 - When not to start a startup - how to license your idea (Part 1), with Stephen Key of inventRight, USA

#044 - When not to start a startup - how to license your idea (Part 1), with Stephen Key of inventRight, USA

This is an episode on a topic that, I believe, should get more attention in entrepreneurship circles. My guest is Stephe... Read more

20 Dec 2017

26mins

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#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

#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

My guest is Radu Diaconescu, co-founder and Business Development Manager at Swie.io. Swie.io is an industry 4.0 company,... Read more

4 Jan 2017

30mins

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#056 - Not too early, not too late - how to get the timing right for your innovation, with your host Balint Horvath, Switzerland

#056 - Not too early, not too late - how to get the timing right for your innovation, with your host Balint Horvath, Switzerland

I’m back again on the podcast with an episode where I’ll be talking about the timing of innovation. This means I don’t h... Read more

6 Jun 2018

10mins

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#033 - Elements of building a successful tech business, with (proven) serial entrepreneur Milton Chang of Incubic Venture Fund, USA

#033 - Elements of building a successful tech business, with (proven) serial entrepreneur Milton Chang of Incubic Venture Fund, USA

I’ve had a very special guest, who I got to talk to. My interviewee, Dr. Milton Chang, is a serial entrepreneur with an ... Read more

19 Jul 2017

39mins

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#015 - How to benefit for your hardware project from the first major crowdfunding platform, with Sandy Diao of Indiegogo, USA

#015 - How to benefit for your hardware project from the first major crowdfunding platform, with Sandy Diao of Indiegogo, USA

I interviewed Sandy Diao, Director of Strategic Programs at Indiegogo. She works with companies to help them bring their... Read more

1 Mar 2017

23mins

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#014 - Brick-and-mortar stores for crowdfunded projects to help reach consumers, with Damien Ng of Backers, Hong Kong

#014 - Brick-and-mortar stores for crowdfunded projects to help reach consumers, with Damien Ng of Backers, Hong Kong

My guest is Damien Ng, co-founder of Backers, a chain of stores in Asia that wants to help crowdfunded projects bring cl... Read more

22 Feb 2017

23mins

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