"As an entrepreneur, I spent years developing my consumer products and have helped other colleagues and entrepreneurs develop products. I learned that I needed to bring in other experts to fill in any gaps in my expertise while remaining involved in all key decisions during design and production. Very few people have all of the skills needed to develop a market-ready electronic product completely on their own. The product I developed was more complex mechanically than it was electronically. I did as much of the development as my skills allowed and tried to learn additional skills, but it took a lot of my energy and lengthened the time it took to get the product on the market. I'm an electrical engineer but not a mechanical engineer, so I reached out to a few freelance mechanical engineers late in the process to help me. Reaching out to other designers and technicians proved to be a good choice; I just wish I had known this sooner."