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Vol. II — No. 184Remarkable People · Exceptional CompaniesToday's Edition

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Ohsnap Broke Its First Hit - Then Built the Hardware Playbook Founders Should Copy
Consumer · Ecommerce · Hardware

Ohsnap Broke Its First Hit - Then Built the Hardware Playbook Founders Should Copy

A $466,820 Kickstarter win nearly became a global returns nightmare. Ohsnap paid for the lesson, rebuilt the grip and turned obsessive iteration into a phone-accessory business - and a second act in mobile gaming.

phone-accessories · magsafeRead →
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LTEMP Sold the Picks and Shovels of the Smartphone Boom - Until the Shelf Moved On
Hardware · Consumer · Ecommerce

LTEMP Sold the Picks and Shovels of the Smartphone Boom - Until the Shelf Moved On

The San Francisco wholesaler turned cases, cables and Bluetooth speakers into a compact B2B catalog. Its surviving trail is a field guide to merchandising commodity hardware - and a warning about what happens when the catalog outlives the company behind it.

consumer-electronics · phone-accessoriesRead →
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The Company That Made a Stand Out of Nothing
Hardware · Consumer · Ecommerce

The Company That Made a Stand Out of Nothing

MOFT folded a laptop stand down to 3mm, raised a million dollars proving people wanted it, and then kept folding - into wallets, desk mats, and iPad studios. Here is how a neck ache became a product category.

moft · laptop-standRead →