Posted on May 17, 2011 at 13:04I failed to look closely enough at your time-stamp versus relaxe's - thought you were responding to him. (sorry - his post 1 min before yours)
Relaxe is good, clever poster - has helped many. But I strongly disagree with the suggestion that you ''master'' too many aspects! (i.e. learn to fab your own enclosure) Why? The time/treasure you invest will surely ''dilute'' your efforts in your ''niche/strength'' area!
I've sold > $30 million worth of Lcds - to giants, mid & start-ups. As such - visited several thousand clients - and observed the ''characteristics'' of those firms who went on to order ''production quantities!'' Very rarely did those who ''had too broad focus'' succeed - yet alone survive. This is why I suggest that most here ''zero-in'' on their area of specialization...
Wholesalers & Manufacturers who would benefit from your expertise are obvious targets. I was fortunate enough to ''win'' the order from IBM for the ''Centronix'' printer - we shipped over 3 million Text Lcds. (while I was the ''supposed'' Lcd guru - their guys ''told'' me exactly what features, functions, benefits should go into our new displays - only with TOTAL Focus did we achieve this - and Deliver!) We were the smallest, least funded Lcd supplier - NO production - yet by listening, again focus, some smarts and long, hard, detailed work we substantially ''out-performed'' our market - and went public.
Final point - this occured 2 decades ago. NO deal ''now'' will be so fast. My small, focused group ''found a way'' to make a much larger firm ''more effective,'' - even though we were 8,000 miles distant. And this is my wish for you - and others in our forum community.
With the power of the STM32 many here can and ARE building their own success stories. I hope that some find my writing of use...
