Mercando: Ringly spent $8,000 per circuit board prototype
Christina Mercando · a16z Podcast | The Wearables Session · Jan 2, 2019 · at 13:17
Christina Mercando, founder and CEO of smart jewelry startup Ringly, explains the high prototyping costs required to develop micro-electronics hardware.
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“So, manufacturing these things, every time we get a board built, it'll be 8000 dollars.”
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