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Wednesday, June 15 • 4:45pm - 5:45pm
Hardware Ecosystem Experts Panel

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Launching a hardware startup holds a unique set of challenges. We've put together a stellar panel of leaders from some of the most influential members of the hardware ecosystem.  Join this unique conversation with Kickstarter, Techstars, MakeinLA, and Arrow and walk away with actionable insight.  This talk is expressly calibrated to help you understand the importance of rapid prototyping, how to test product/market fit, how to connect with the mentorship and manufacturing resources needed to deliver your product, and more.  If you're jumping into the hardware community or you're developing a hardware product, this panel will stoke the fire in your belly and give you a better understanding of the hardware ecosystem at your fingertips. 

Moderators
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Clarissa Redwine

Design & Technology Outreach Lead, West Coast, Kickstarter
Clarissa Redwine is Kickstarter's Design & Technology Outreach Lead for the west coast. She travels up and down the coast in search of innovators, creators, and makers who can leverage the powerful community and storytelling tool of Kickstarter to bring creative projects to life... Read More →

Speakers
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Shaun Arora

Make in LA, Make in LA
Shaun Arora serves as Managing Director at Make in LA, where he focuses on leveraging NEO Tech’s resources to support the startups, leveraging his portfolio for best practices, providing world-class programming, and building strategic partnerships for the benefit of the startups. Shaun... Read More →
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Cyril Ebersweiler

Co-Founder, HAX
Cyril is a Partner at SOSV and the founder of HAX (HAX Accelerator/HAX Boost/HAX China/HAX Futures), Chinaccelerator (the first mentorship-driven seed funding program in China - Shanghai) and InteractionX (building the future of interaction design - San Francisco). He runs HAX.
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Greg Fisher

Founder and CEO, Berkeley Sourcing Group
As founder/CEO of Berkeley Sourcing Group, Greg Fisher has spent the last 11 years working with over 800 startups to manufacture innovative products.  Living in China 1/3rd of that time, he worked with hardware startups to help improve their initial designs for DFM, qualify and select... Read More →
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Erich Van Stralen

Consulting Engineering Services Manager, Arrow Electronics
Erich Van Stralen manages Arrow Electronics Consulting Engineering Services program for North America.  This program applies hardware and firmware engineering resources from over 35 of the top design firms in North America to ensure companies of all sizes are able to bring their... Read More →
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Ping Wang

EIR, Techstars
Dr. H.Ping Wang is an active entrepreneur + enabler that has worked to create or help various incubators/accelerators as well as coworking centers throughout the world. He is currently a LIFT (Leader in Future Trends) fellow of the Ministry of Science and Technology, and was EIR... Read More →


Wednesday June 15, 2016 4:45pm - 5:45pm PDT
101 West Broadway Ste 800