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VA based hardware start-ups

JFJosiah FergusonFounder2/14/20261155

Hey everyone 👋🏼 I'd love to start a group / forum here for hardware start-ups. I feel like there are only a hand full of us in the Richmond area.

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Konstantin AndreevFounderRising Star2/14/2026

Hey Josiah, welcome 👋🏼 Love that you started this.

Knobbles is such a cool concept. Hardware isn’t easy, so huge respect for building in this space.

Following along to see how many of us are out here building hardware.

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Steve WaddellFounder2/14/2026

Josiah,

When you say hardware startups, do you mean product based? As opposed to SW companies?

Curious because I wrote a book on bringing products to market, if you haven seen it you can find it here: www.amazon.com/Valuepreneurs-Launching-Products…

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Konstantin AndreevFounderRising Star2/15/2026

Thank you for sharing this, Steve!

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Steve WaddellFounder2/15/2026

You’re welcome. Will you ever add the ability to add images to these replies? For example, I would share the VDPD process from the book.

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Konstantin AndreevFounderRising Star2/15/2026

Will be included in the next release.

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Konstantin AndreevFounderRising Star2/15/2026(edited)

@Steve Waddell Here we go! Now you can tag people and add images too.

JF
Josiah FergusonFounderBuilder2/15/2026

I’ll definitely check this out

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Steve WaddellFounder2/15/2026

Happy to answer questions if you have any.

Here’s an overview video I made about it- vimeo.com/835497175

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757.vc TeamAdminCommunity Pillar2/15/2026

Thank you for sharing it, @Steve Waddell

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Steve WaddellFounder2/15/2026

Josiah,

In the book you’ll learn the difference between a Wantrepreneur, an Entrepreneur, and a Valuepreneur.

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Steve WaddellFounder2/15/2026

You’ll also learn when different funding sources become available

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