Five Myths of

Indie Manufacturing

Adrian McEwen

@amcewen

@MCQN_Ltd

Master Craftsperson

Mass-market

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The Pace of Change

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Hardware is hard.

Innovation

High value manufacturing

Government support

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Myth #1

The missing middle

Myth 2: The UK No Longer Makes Things

Myth 3: Move Fast or Lose

Myth 3: Move Fast or Lose

Myth #4

Innovation, support organisations and programmes will save us.

Myth #5

Hardware is hard.

Strategic Bootstrapping:

- Makerspace

- Networks of People

- Lifetime-, not

   lifestyle-business