The AdMaCom program is a self-described ‘Hardware accelerator’; Specifically tailored to companies producing a physical product, which has different challenges to startups developing a software product. Some of those challenges include larger barriers to entry, challenges to scaling rapidly, and initial access to capital. In their program, AdMaCom provides their startup cohort access to their network of experienced manufacturing companies, leadership, and technical experts. We found that their method was perhaps the fastest way to get answers to questions that a hardware startup faces in the early stages. When speaking with the experts and mentors, we found it easy to extrapolate their advice across industries to sharpen our understanding of the hardware commercialisation process; A lot of which revolves around intellectual property and business development relationships, the bread and butter of high-tech companies.