From makers to startups, Shenzhen makes your electronics dreams come true. See what colorful characters await you there, and what to learn from them!

1. the six people
you meet in shenzhen
H A X
G l o b a l H a r d w a r e A c c e l e r a t o r

2. ROI of innovation

3. MOST
CHINESE
STARTUPS
MAKERS
A FEW
$
SHANZHAI
USA
CHINA
Source: hax.co
RARE

4. Lesson 1
The ROI of innovation is
different in China and US

5. the maker

7. David Li
Xinchejian

8. Lesson 2
Western-style “Makers”
are new to China

9. the official

10. ⼤大众创业
万众创新
‘Entrepreneurship
and innovation
by all’
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang

11. China's version of the 'Maker Movement’
puts the U.S. to shame - Fortune, Oct 2015

12. Lesson 3
‘Maker’ in China is anyone
making products at any scale

13. the pro maker

14. Many projects on
Kickstarter fall
into this category

15. ‘bunnie’ Huang
Hardware hacker
and frequent visitor
to Shenzhen
wrote a guide to the
electronics market

16. NOVENA
1,000 units
were enough
to make this
open source
laptop viable

17. Eric Pan
Seeed Studio
Seeed Studio helps pro
makers with small
batch manufacturing

18. Lesson 4
Shenzhen can make
your idea come true

19. the shanzhai

21. Yesterday’s innovations
are today’s commodities
Source: hax.co

23. Lesson 5
As the supply chain improves,
the bar for innovation is getting
higher and higher

24. the power player

25. ‘Power play’ can determine which
startup will dominate a category

26. Lei Jun
Founder, Xiaomi
From Copy to China ‘C2C’
to To Copy China ‘2CC’
?

27. Lesson 6
Inventing is half the battle
(protecting & commercializing is the other)

28. the startup

29. SCIENCE
Physics
Materials
Medicine
Biology…
SOFTWARE
Algorithms
A.I.
Big data
UX
COMMUNITY
Users
Developers
Suppliers
Distributors
“NEW IP”

30. Lesson 7
Build the right thing
Build things right
Go fast

31. About HAX

32. Hardware Accelerator
Shenzhen, San Francisco, New York
100+ investments
Lifestyle, IoT, Robotics, Health…
Global startups
US: 60%, EU: 20%, Asia: 20%
50+ Kickstarters
#1 investor in crowdfunding

33. LIFESTYLE HEALTH ROBOTICS IoT
ENABLEMENT
ADVANCED
MANUFACTURING
• Wearapeuthics
• Mobile hospital
• Implantables
Targeting:
anxiety, BFRB, blood
testing, depression,
diabetes, IBS,
incontinence, period
monitoring, sedentary
health, skin health,
sleep, spinal fusion…
• Personal robotics
• Robot-as-a-Service
• Education robotics
Targeting:
commercial, cleaning,
education, ground
delivery, low-cost
industrial arm, robot
mule, responsive
drones, retail inventory,
recycling, sport
training…
• Prototyping tools
• Connectivity
• Micro-computing
Targeting:
advanced pick-and-
place, connectivity
solutions, micro-
computers…
• Desktop factories
• Smart tools
Targeting:
dekstop bioprinter,
fabric printing, knitting
machine, pcb
printing, shape-
shifting molds…
• Wearables
• Smart home
• Beauty, etc.
Targeting:
beauty tech, biometric
devices, custom-fit
audio, instant printing
case, smart lights,
smart appliances, soft
security, sport
wearables, urban
agritech…