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The Silent Killer of Hardware Startups
Hardware founders obsess over thermal management and supply chains, but ignore the one metric that actually kills margins: inventory carrying cost. We break down why holding three months of stock in a warehouse is financially identical to burning cash, using a specific case study of a robotics startup that nearly collapsed under its own working capital assumptions. This episode reveals how to calculate your true cost of goods sold when you factor in storage, insurance, and opportunity cost, and why the 'just in time' model is often a luxury early-stage companies cannot afford…
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