How to spend one week in Shenzhen as a hardware founder
One structured week teaches you a lot. One improvised week burns time and cash.
Recommended structure
- Day 1: arrival, setup, briefing.
- Day 2: Huaqiangbei orientation.
- Day 3: category-specific market and supplier visits.
- Day 4: factory or deeper supplier meetings.
- Day 5: prototyping, engineering, or process-specific meetings.
- Day 6: follow-ups, quotes, samples, second visits.
- Day 7: debrief and next-step plan.
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