article thumbnail

Founding a Hardware Start-Up Is Getting Easier

Harvard Business Review

venture-capital investment was for hardware start-ups last year, but that represents a big increase from 1992–2011, when the figure was less than 1% , says the Wall Street Journal. Only 3% of U.S. venture capitalists are taking a rosier view of hardware start-ups. venture capitalists are taking a rosier view of hardware start-ups.

article thumbnail

Community Financing Breathes Life into a New U.S. Manufacturing Firm

Harvard Business Review

Trouble is, two recessions in 10 years have cut the capital fuel supply to the tech-company-creation engine. based product and services businesses that also tended to manufacture and deliver their products via U.S.-based manufacturing jobs. based labor. The result has been the loss of millions of U.S.

Finance 10