mHUB

mHUB is where people come to build the physical technologies that will change the physical world. Through prototyping labs, industry partnerships, and a commitment to U.S. manufacturing, the mHUB ecosystem is changing the landscape of HardTech development.

The 2024 mHUB HardTech Summit

The mHUB HardTech Summit highlights hardtech advancements in smart and sustainable manufacturing, healthcare, clean energy solutions, and other related industries. The event will feature 50+ mHUB companies showcasing their hardtech, 25+ startup founder pitches, panels with leading industry experts, and a closing keynote fireside chat with a hardtech trailblazer.

Handmade Gift Making Workshop in the Shop

mHUB Community! Join us on December 15th, 2023, from 3 pm-6 pm. The Shop will be open to make your own gift for the upcoming holidays! We’ll have stations to help with design & illustration, laser cutting, and hot chocolate/snacks!

Exploring Software solutions for IoT: Matter for connectivity

Join us for Exploring Software solutions for IoT: Matter for connectivity. In this software exploration, we will learn about the royalty-free software that can solve the most common IoT connectivity needs. Led by Nemanja Stefanović, embedded software consultant with 12 + years of experience in IoT and creating connected devices.

B2B Sales: Cold Calling Workshop

The sales process is crucial to a start-ups growth, whether your company is big or small. Cold Calling can have an immediate impact on your bottom line, but most people don’t know where to begin. Led by Maureen Wozniak of the Better Business Bureau, this class will go past the basics of cold calling to support …

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Financial Modeling Basics: Raise Money While Efficiently Running Your Business

Looking to raise money while running your business more efficiently? Basics of Financial Modeling, taught by Troy Henikoff of MATH Venture Partners and co-author of the book ‘Levers’, will explore how to build, manage, and scale your business’s financial model. A great financial model has proven to be one of the most important tools an …

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Product Development: Creating Your Test Plan for Success

In this class, we will cover why you need to test your product and how should do it. We will consider the various components of a thorough test plan and also consider prioritization and timing through the development process. After an overview of testing approaches, we will workshop developing a test plan for your product.

Financial Modeling Basics: Raise Money While Efficiently Running Your Business

Looking to raise money while running your business more efficiently? Basics of Financial Modeling, taught by Troy Henikoff of MATH Venture Partners and co-author of the book Levers, will explore how to build, manage, and scale your business’s financial model. A great financial model has proven to be one of the most important tools an entrepreneur …

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Fundraising for Growth

If your company has already raised some early investment capital and is now planning for a larger, more formal raise, this interactive workshop will help you navigate fundraising past Angel / Pre-Seed rounds. Understand the various financing vehicles, investors to target, use of funds, cap table management, GAP analysis, and important strategy considerations.

Mastering Your Market: Market Research and Customer Discovery

Deeply understanding your market and your customer’s needs are vital to getting your product off the ground and securing your company’s competitive edge. Pat Donohue will explain how Snap-on Tools leverages a repeatable, customer-centric market research process that combines ‘voice of the customer’ research and quantitative industry information to drive epic product development results.  Pat …

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Membership

From peer learning and mentorship to a state-of-the-art prototyping lab in Chicago, mHUB membership provides hardware startups with dynamic programming for both early stage and growth stage startups. Wherever you are on your entrepreneurial journey, mHUB has the right tools to put your HardTech startup on the fast track to success.

Hardtech Development Contractor

Are you an entrepreneurial engineer, industrial designer, or product developer? Are you looking for extra cash while you launch your own idea? This is for you.

Income Creation

Startup Accelerator

Get early-stage startup funding and prototyping resources from the nation’s leading independent innovation center for hardware and product development.

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