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The thing to understand about China is that domestic alternatives to international products, especially in 'sensitive' industries (basically anything technologically significant) i…

To provide more of a direct answer, I think that Shenzhen has really great long-term prospects as a tech/innovation hub. Very large number of investors, existing and large tech/inn…

As another user mentioned, this idea (stationless bike share/rental) has been white-hot in China since the past summer, with a lot of extreme incidents occurring in the past couple…

Can you back out $12?? I would put the BOM closer to $6 if I'm going with the high estimate, and more than half of that cost will be driven by the ATMEL and OLED.

Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineer ========================= Location: Shenzhen, China -or- Chapel Hill, NC Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: location-dependent (Bay Area or East…

I'm currently working on a company that could just as easily start in China as the US: anything you can share regarding where and how to find investors? No "Chinese AngelList"?

As others have mentioned, nothing is even close. For certain types of industries there are cities in the US and Europe that are competitive (eg mil/aero in Los Angeles and DC metro…

Is this true? I know that as a US Citizen I'm required to pay taxes on worldwide income; but any lawful resident of the USA has the same burden? I'm a little skeptical that someone…

You should download and explore WeChat (微信）. It seems like facebook at this point is now chasing functionality that's been present in Chinese apps for several years. WeChat lets yo…

Looking for a software engineering cofounder. I'm working on a project automating tasks around physical product development, and eventually leading into a SaaS/platform with some i…

SEEKING WORK Location: Remote (primarily Shenzhen, China); Las Vegas, San Francisco Bay Area We're a boutique product development firm focusing on concept design through manufactur…

The easiest way to know is to watch the chinese deal websites. I use those for sourcing anyway so I perform an idle search here and there. In all honesty, if you're getting cloned …

To provide a somewhat-contrasting anecdote, I've been dealing with Chinese factories (mostly in the Pearl River Delta area) for the last 3 years, manufacturing fairly high-tech pro…

Memrise has some decent Chinese decks. But if you really want to learn the writing, get skritter. Absolutely worth the cost.

This is an excellent analogy.

Agreed. I have a more or less exact idea of what they're doing just from the concept description as I design resin-type 3D printers at my day job. I know this concept has been trie…

The website is pretty and the copy is tight, but it's nothing pathbreaking in terms of fundamental principles. This is just bottom-up UV-DLP SLA with a new twist: taking fuller adv…

FSL3D (Las Vegas, NV) http://www.fsl3d.com/ We manufacture laser 3D printers, laser cutters, and other digital fabrication equipment for customers ranging from hobbyists to industr…

Commenting so I can come back later (email also in my profile). Would be very interested in talking.

HMO: Feedback from hardware startups. I run a meetup and organized a conference to help folks who are working on or want to found a hw startup. Would love to connect over email wit…

Customization is the immediately obvious one and a central point of their campaign.

Full disclosure: I'm one of the engineering leads on this project. I'm happy to answer questions here or on KS/social media/etc. We're trying hard to drive the cost of SLA down. Ho…

Where/what is this from? A book of TR's speeches? Would appreciate the source, this is fantastic.