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Bring the Bids Back Home
How — and why — your startup should consider onshore manufacturing
IT HAS BECOME COOL TO BUILD THINGS AGAIN. Products like the Pebble watch, MakerBot, and the Nest Thermostat have captured the imagination of the consumer world. New platforms like Arduino and Raspberry Pi make it easier than ever to prototype a hardware idea, and more companies are trying to manufacture those ideas stateside.
Tesla Motors, one of the most provocative companies in the world right now, is a marquee example. One of the most striking features of the company is their vertical integration; its Fremont, California, manufacturing facility houses the production team as well as the engineers and designers. While ...
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