Last month nine startups joined our new Startupbootcamp IoT | Connected Devices program for three months of acceleration (more on each of our teams here). We’re only four weeks in, but a lot of work has already been done on product market fit, customer development, and getting ready for manufacturing. Here’s a look at what’s been going on…

‘Nervous’, ‘Excited’, ‘Scared’… How are our startups feeling about the next three months?

Workshops

We’ve run a number of sessions around some of the key stages of building a startup, such as business model design and customer development…

Given that our startups are all developing a piece of hardware there has also been a lot of focus on areas such as the bill of materials, wireless options that can be used in an IoT device, and getting ready for manufacturing. Here’s a brief intro to the latter…

Partners, Mentors & Events

Our startups have had the chance to speak with both our program and global partners such as Cisco, RPD, Intel and Amazon…

Great to have @JoshValman from our partners at @RPDintl with us today talking to our teams… pic.twitter.com/XViYs77zh6 — Sbootcamp IoT | CD (@sbcIoT_Devices) October 20, 2016

They’ve been paired with a handful of expert mentors who will be helping them over the coming months…

…and they’ve even had the chance to play with our new toys at IDEALondon.

Time for some 3D printing with @Ultimaker. pic.twitter.com/WW3YE3Vi16 — Sbootcamp IoT | CD (@sbcIoT_Devices) October 26, 2016

Not to mention the events we’ve been to, such as TechDay last week…

Bird's-eye view of our 2016 cohort in action at #techday… pic.twitter.com/1YTVibrvCf — Sbootcamp IoT | CD (@sbcIoT_Devices) October 27, 2016

Oh, and the best bit? Startup stash of course.

Christmas has come early for our IoT | Connected Devices cohort… #startupswag #sbciotdevices #acceleratorlife #hardware A photo posted by Startupbootcamp (@startupbootcamp) on Oct 24, 2016 at 6:39am PDT

Want to come and meet the teams? Get in touch with us on Twitter @sbcIoT_Devices!