How to prototype, develop and manufacture your product
Overview
From Concept to Production: Navigating the Path to Building Your Perfect Product
Building a product from scratch can be a tough journey, especially for first-time hardware founders. To help you navigate this process, MathWorks has partnered with Niclas Fritz, Founder & CEO of BatchOne, to share expert insights on avoiding common pitfalls in product development and manufacturing.
In his presentation, Niclas will share expert insights on avoiding common pitfalls in the concept, development, and manufacturing stages. Drawing on 15 years of experience working with startups and corporate innovation teams, he’ll reveal how to validate early assumptions with limited resources.
In the 2nd part, Niclas will guide you through selecting the right manufacturing partners for electronics, housing, and core components. You'll learn how to estimate manufacturing costs during development, and design for assembly, cost, and efficiency. Plus, discover why focusing solely on price isn’t always the best strategy, and why other critical factors must be considered in the decision-making process.
What You'll Learn
- Avoiding Common Pitfalls: Understand how to navigate the key challenges in the concept, development, and manufacturing phases.
- Understand your 5 Jobs: Learn how to define your use cases, user-journeys and features to be able to finalize your specifications and requirements before your first prototype
- Selecting Manufacturing Partners: Gain insights on choosing the right partners for electronics, housing, and core components.
- Estimating Manufacturing Costs: Learn how to accurately estimate costs during product development.
- Designing for Efficiency: Understand how to design for assembly, cost optimization, and manufacturability.
- Beyond Price: Discover the ten other critical factors to consider when evaluating manufacturing decisions.
About the Presenter
Niclas Fritz, Founder & CEO of BatchOne
Niclas is a serial entrepreneur, speaker, and mentor with a lifelong passion for technology. As the founder of BatchOne, rapitag, and Couchfunk, he has spent over a decade guiding hundreds of founders and corporate ventures through the challenges of transforming prototypes into scalable, mass-manufactured products. Driven by a desire to change the narrative around hardware innovation, Niclas is committed to helping visionary founders overcome obstacles and turn their ideas into reality—without falling prey to the outdated cliché that "hardware is hard." Through hands-on support, mentorship, and community-driven events, he empowers entrepreneurs to successfully navigate the complex journey from concept to production.
Previously Worked with:
Agrilution, Aerospec, GasVisor, GetOrca, Karevo, ReflexAerospace, SamDimension, Spyra, SuitePad, Toposens
