Tools and Resources to make your journey easier

We’ve gathered the most useful TOOLS, TEMPLATES, and GUIDES for hardware founders.

So you don’t have to search a hundred places to find them.

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Core Guides
& Playbooks

  • Hardware Founders Playbook
    Step-by-step guide on when to do what and why.

  • Glossary of Terms
    Decode the lingo of hardware and venture funding.

  • People & Positions Guide
    Understand roles, responsibilities, and when to hire them.

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Templates
Library

  • 📄 MNDA Template

  • 📄 Customer Discovery Report

  • 📄 Blank PLM Process

  • 📄 QLM Processes

  • 📄 DFMEA Process Sheet

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Cutting Edge
AI Tools

  • 🤖 AI Doc Generator — Auto-draft MNDA, proposals, discovery summaries.

  • 🤖 AI Text-to-CAD (Coming Soon) — Describe it, watch it generate a model.

  • 🤖 Vendor Matching — Find the right prototyping & manufacturing partners.

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Tools & Gear
For You

  • Software Recommendations by Stage
    The best CAD, PLM, and collaboration tools for each phase.

  • Hardware Recommendations
    Our favorite printers, routers, calipers, and prototyping essentials.

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Community

  • A discord based community

  • In a time when AI and software gets all the limelight, this is a place for hardware founders to come together

  • Find co-founders and free-lancers who are excited to work with you

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