[HN Gopher] Ask HN: Are there any conferences for bootstrapped h...
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       Ask HN: Are there any conferences for bootstrapped hardware
       businesses?
        
       What conferences are most useful to bootstrapped businesses that
       design and sell hardware as their primary source of revenue?
        
       Author : syedkarim
       Score  : 21 points
       Date   : 2024-01-06 14:18 UTC (8 hours ago)
        
       | warrenm wrote:
       | I ... am similarly curious
       | 
       | Closest I could find in a quick search on Electronic Design is
       | The Things Conference ...
       | https://www.electronicdesign.com/technologies/communications...
        
       | syedkarim wrote:
       | I've found two conferences that are only kind of relevant.
       | 
       | https://www.crowdsupply.com/teardown/portland-2023 The focus is
       | definitely hardware, but I don't think they really touch on the
       | business of hardware.
       | 
       | https://microconf.com/americas Microconf is definitely business
       | focused, but not at all hardware-oriented.
        
       | junon wrote:
       | I would love this. Organizers get on this; with the rise of
       | things like JLC and PCBWay hardware hacking culture is making a
       | resurgence, and I suspect there will be many new makers trying to
       | start small companies, similar to the SaaS boom. We have tons of
       | these in the software world but, as evidenced by this post, not
       | so much for the hardware scene.
       | 
       | Very much an untapped market.
        
       | anticorporate wrote:
       | I've always enjoyed the dedicated hardware track at All Things
       | Open (Raleigh, NC, USA, October). They also partner with an
       | organization called RIoT that has a lot of resources for startups
       | and typically do a demo night, among other things.
       | 
       | https://riot.org/event/riot-iot-demo-night-2023/
       | 
       | https://2023.allthingsopen.org/schedule/
       | 
       | It's not exactly what you're looking for, but it's a great
       | opportunity to network with other people in this space.
        
       | thewizardofaus wrote:
       | Not sure about conferences but I run a sports tech hardware
       | bootstrapped business. Feel free to drop me a line (email in
       | profile)
        
       | dv_dt wrote:
       | Possibly the Hackaday Supercon
        
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