Jase Lee

I'm Jase Lee, founder and Fractional CTO at Geniotek — we help hardware startups bridge Hong Kong design with

▎ Dongguan manufacturing without burning cash on tooling mistakes.

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▎ My background is mechanical engineering. My team and I act as the technical co-founder hardware startups can't

▎ afford to hire full-time. In the last year, we shipped 4 products (consumer electronics, home goods, adult wellness,

▎ accessories), cut BOM costs 25–35%, and caught fatal DFM flaws before they hit the factory floor — 70% of concepts

▎ we audit have at least one.

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▎ I speak about DFM/DFA, why prototypes fail at scale, supply chain transparency, and the dual-base HK+Shenzhen

▎ manufacturing advantage. Happy to share war stories from real projects: shower heads that almost couldn't be molded,

▎ LEGO chargers that nearly destroyed their tooling budget, and medical-grade adult toys.

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▎ Podcast topics:

▎ - Design for Manufacturing — why your prototype works but your factory quote doesn't

▎ - How to cut 25–35% from your BOM before production (with real examples)

▎ - Hong Kong + Dongguan: the dual-base model for hardware startups

▎ - Fractional CTO vs. agency vs. hire — when each makes sense