CEO And COO Visit Factories In Shenzhen, China.
April 1, 2019
Our CEO Phil Croft and COO Fred Ottosson have just returned from a weeks trip to the electronics manufacturing hub of the world – Shenzhen, China.
While in Shenzhen Phil and Fred visited with a number of factories to perform due diligence on critical factors such as:
- Manufacturing Technology and quality
- IP Security systems
- Process for materials handling and logistics
- Admin and communication
- Overall quality
Both men were very happy with the connections made, Phil commented “Based on what we have seen during this trip, we are confident we can commit to a contract manufacturing agreement that will ensure the highest quality and reliability for the ProSteer’s manufacture.”
Hardware is hard. This old cliché is very well known in the startup community. Apart from the obvious truth that any startup project is a difficult task, I want to investigate some of hardware’s traditional challenges and some new challenges that have changed the hardware startup landscape in recent years.
When the ProSteer was first conceived and Boxdark was incorporated we were very aware
of the Mission Statement and its importance to a start-up. After all, I had been a Corporate
Adviser to many start-ups in my previous business - Harvest Business Growth Partners, and
we certainly espoused the use of a Mission Statement as a grounding force in the often
turbulent waters of early stage innovative business. This all-encompassing statement was a
tool to focus, guide and help founders hold course, return to source or pivot as times
dictated.
CEO of Boxdark Phil Croft said “Xbox have very strict specifications to ensure maximum quality, functionality and reliability for their users. We have signed on to develop in line with these specs, and our team has embraced the challenge, we’re making great progress!”