The private network for founders building physical things.
A curated network of hardware founders helping one another solve hard business problems through founder conversations and weekly operating stories.
A network built on shared knowledge.
Every founder starts with a qualification conversation. From there, two activities keep the network compounding.
Join the network
A short intake so we understand your company, stage, and current challenges.
Get introduced
Curated introductions to founders facing the problem you're working through now.
Learn weekly
Anonymized founder stories delivered to your inbox — situation, decision, outcome.
Hardware enabled companies. Actively growing.
Members show up to share what they're learning, ask questions, and contribute to a body of practical operating knowledge that helps every founder in the room make better decisions.
- ✓Building a hardware enabled product
- ✓Full time on the company
- ✓Building and actively growing a hardware enabled company
- ✓Willing to both learn and help others
The advantages of a peer group that understands hardware.
Learn from other founders
Thoughtfully matched conversations with founders who have relevant experience.
Explore operating stories
Weekly founder stories documenting how hardware companies make difficult decisions.
Build long term relationships
Become part of a trusted network of founders willing to learn from and help one another.
Recent founder stories
The two week prototype
The prototypes looked like progress. Then they tried to carry them forward.
Before you fund development
The roadmap changed when we stopped asking what to build and started asking what the next investment needed to prove.
Moving upmarket
The product was selling. Commercial customers needed something different.
If you're building hardware, we'd like to meet you.
Every member joins through a qualification conversation. Tell us about your company and what you're working through right now.