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The Coolest Cooler: A Success for Portland

The Coolest Cooler by Ryan Grepper is on track to becoming Kickstarter’s most-funded project ever.  The current title of most-funded project goes to the Pebble Smartwatch, which raised over $10 million in 2012. Not only is this crowdfunding feat a … Continue reading

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5 Signs You Picked the Right Manufacturer

Choosing someone to build your product is a very big decision that many hardware companies face.  For those companies that have little to no experience working with contract manufacturers (CMs), evaluating the relationship can be difficult.  It’s pretty straight forward; … Continue reading

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Compliance with the EU’s RoHS2, REACH and WEEE2 Directives

There’s a lot of talk about RoHS2, and every company that plans on marketing their product(s) in Europe needs to be aware of the RoHS2, REACH, and WEEE2 directives.   These directives were put in place to help protect human health … Continue reading

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Las Vegas Hardware Startup Workshop 2014

Do you need a reason to book a last minute flight to Vegas this weekend? The Las Vegas Startups Meetup is putting on a one day workshop to give your hardware startup the building blocks to launch a company.  The … Continue reading

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Surviving the Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year is just around the corner (January 31st) and companies worldwide are already starting to feel it.  The Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival as it’s called, is a time for workers to migrate home and spend quality … Continue reading

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