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What happens after your product ships and you run out of money? Eduardo Torrealba walks you through the ups and downs of his last company and Scott Menor of his current. Get a rare glimpse behind the curtain to learn about how and why a venture funded hardware startup went out of business, and why an unfunded one didn't. Find out what you can do to avoid a similar fate in your current or future company.

Attend this webcast if you are interested in learning hard fact about:

• How much time and money goes into a hardware prototype
• Manufacturing and tooling costs
• Early stage hardware burn rate
• What it costs to build a successful crowdfunding campaign
• Finding venture capital as a hardware company
• The challenges of international customers
• What it takes to pivot your hardware business model

About Eduardo Torrealba

Eduardo Torrealba was the co-founder and CEO of Oso Technologies. During graduate school he worked with four friends to develop a soil-moisture monitoring platform called PlantLink. PlantLink monitored the moisture needs of plants using interconnected sensor systems and mobile devices. Eduardo received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Baylor University and his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) through a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. He is currently a member of the Special Projects group at Formlabs. Twitter: @eduardo3rd

About Scott Menor

Scott Menor is co-founder and CEO of Roambotics, Inc. a personal robotics company. He has long worked in machine learning, scalability, and control systems.
Twitter: @smenor