Hardware Startup Teardown - Founder, Investor, Advisor Panel!
Networking galore + join the team from Silicon Valley in Your Pocket as they do a HW Startup Teardown with founder James Lin of Altaz
About this event
Hardware Startup Teardown with James Lin
We all know and love product tear-downs, where you get inside the nitty gritty of the product and see first-hand what works, and what doesn't. For the first time ever, we will be doing a live tear-down, not of a product, but of a complete HW startup business!
Founder James Lin has been working with the experts and investors from Silicon Valley in Your Pocket to launch his innovative golf rangefinder. During the panel, SViYP advisors will analyze where the business started, the hurdles and opportunities they found, and dig deep into the tangible actions they have advised along with their early results.
Agenda
6:00-7:00 pm - Mix and mingle with cold beverages and delicious noshes
7:00-7:40 pm - HW Startup Teardown with Altaz and Silicon Valley in Your Pocket
7:40-8:00 pm - 30-second speed intros
8:00-9:00 pm - Open Networking
This is event is presented by Kickstarter. Thank you for all you do to support the Hardware Startup Ecosystem!
Panelists
James Lin - Founder, Altaz (Golf Rangefinder)
James is an experienced Sr. Product Manager with a track record of success. After 20+ years building products for other companies, he founded Altaz which combines his HW expertise with his passion for golf. His product is the first to incorporate a screen, which helps with pin location and allows the incorporation of other smart tools while on the course.
Jeff Wallace - Investor and Partner in Silicon Valley in Your Pocket
Jeff works with global startup ecosystems, including governments, corporations & startup accelerators/entrepreneurs, to help catalyze startup environments & create a bridge to Silicon Valley. He is co-founder & former President of Batchery, an incubator for seed stage startups.
Greg Fisher - Head of Hardware for Silicon Valley in Your Pocket
Greg has been advising and supporting over 1,000 HW startups over the course of 20+ years as the founder of the contract manufacturer for HW startups, Berkeley Sourcing Group. He's been a leader in the global community efforts for HW startups by founding and operating Hardware Massive, and the annual HW startup conference, Hardware Con.
The Hardware Collective
This is an event by Hardware Collective, dedicated to connecting the Bay Area’s hardware ecosystem. Members include:
Circuit Launch - Robotics & Hardware Electronics Community. Over 32K Sq/Ft of Private offices, shared electronic and prototype labs for startups, growing companies, and inventors. Plus mechlabs.ai is their build-it to learn-it mechatronics education program .
Studio 45 is a coworking and event space located in Bernal Heights that provides the workspace, tools, resources, and community to build a business making physical products.
Port Labs is a home for emerging companies developing physical products. Hardware companies in climate tech, IoT, robotics right in downtown Oakland.
Silicon Valley in Your Pocket - Are you investor-ready? Check out our free hardware investor readiness self-assessment. You'll get a free report with your score and a guide to investor expectations.
Reserve your spot HERE!
