hardware

5 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Mar 3, 2025 by Charles Hudson · across every show →

Everything said about hardware, oldest first

Mar 3, 2025
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Hudson: Startups cannot do much in hardware under $5 million
“You can't really do much in hardware for less than five million bucks”
Charles Hudson Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 18:12 #75 “I Want Bro Money Too”
Mar 4, 2025 neutral
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Commercializing a hardware startup typically requires $7M, says Charles Hudson
“We do a lot of hardware, and I don't know why, it always seems to take seven million dollars to get to a commercial product.”
Charles Hudson Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 17:25 #117 Lotus: Hardware Hail Mary
Mar 5, 2025 bullish
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Burton: Physical Municipal Hardware Is Hard to Disrupt Once Installed
“Anything that's hard to do is hard to disrupt. And there's a lot of SaaS and AI going on in the market right now, and for us, it's like, once we have a hardware component there, it's very difficult to remove, just because the city doesn't want to have to make …”
Mike Burton Mar 5, 2025 ▶ 32:05 Bike Theft is a $1B Crisis—Watch This Founder’s $1.5M VC Pitch
Mar 5, 2025 neutral
Disclosure
Finn-Doherty: Hardware investments require more advanced revenue traction
“I think for our firm in the hardware space, I usually look for companies that like are a bit further along from a revenue perspective, and I think That's just the risk tolerance that I personally have as an investor for hardware.”
Paige Finn-Doherty Mar 5, 2025 ▶ 31:37 Bike Theft is a $1B Crisis—Watch This Founder’s $1.5M VC Pitch
Mar 5, 2025 negative
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Phillips: 11 Tribes passes on hardware companies due to lack of specialty
“I think it boils down to hardware is not an area that we feel like we have a specialty, and it's a challenging thing for us to step in and support hardware business.”
Mark Phillips Mar 5, 2025 ▶ 29:56 Bike Theft is a $1B Crisis—Watch This Founder’s $1.5M VC Pitch
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