Episode 12 of Hardware Startups with Fexingo. Lucas and Luna explore a hidden killer of young hardware companies: warranty returns. They break down the 'bathub curve' of failure rates, why early adopters are more forgiving than later customers, and how startups like Framework and Nothing have designed around warranty costs with modularity and aggressive quality testing. Plus, a practical look at the math: one percent return rate on a $200 device can eat your entire gross margin. For founders building physical products, this is the episode that explains why warranty is a design problem, not just a customer service issue.
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