>We bought tablets, loaded our app onto them, and that was our hardware device. Yeah, we wanted to make our own device eventually, but we weren't at the point of sending a team to China to do it yet, and that's what it would have taken.
Well, then you worked for a software company that transitioned into hardware development.
That's my only personal gripe with this whole spiel, it feels as if it's a way to game the whole SV thing by calling yourself something you aren't.
A company that converts old tablets into more specialized devices using software to accomplish the goal is a service, not a hardware company.
DoorDash isn't a restaurant, even if they dabble in food. It'd be ridiculous for them to say that -- they don't produce food; they arrange for delivery of food.
Well, then you worked for a software company that transitioned into hardware development.
That's my only personal gripe with this whole spiel, it feels as if it's a way to game the whole SV thing by calling yourself something you aren't.
A company that converts old tablets into more specialized devices using software to accomplish the goal is a service, not a hardware company.
DoorDash isn't a restaurant, even if they dabble in food. It'd be ridiculous for them to say that -- they don't produce food; they arrange for delivery of food.