​Come celebrate Bridgeport's Manufacturing future with local beer, pizza, and speeches discussing the future of Bridgeport and the culture Hardware brings to the city.

​​​​​​Hardware Meetups happen across over 30 cities around the world every month, helping bring together founders, engineers, and other hardware professionals to networks, share insights, and collaborate with one another.

​​Hardware Meetup now collaborates with FORGE to deliver connections to suppliers and manufacturers. FORGE's mission is to help innovators and founders navigate the journey from physical prototype through to commercialization and impact at scale.

​​​​​​​​There will be a chance for an open mic. All demos are welcome.

​​​​​​Whether you're an engineer, manufacturer, designer, CEO, investor, or anyone interested in being part of the Fairfield County hardware start-up ecosystem, join us for a very casual hang in downtown Bridgeport, atop the city’s newest luxury residential property. Hardware Meetups happen across over 30 cities around the world every month, helping bring together founders, engineers, and other hardware professionals to networks, share insights, and collaborate with one another.

Soundview was designed to elevate the residential living experience in Downtown Bridgeport. From the modern shared interior lounges and coworking spaces, to the fleet of step-through cruising bikes, the onsite fitness studio, to the daily doorman and package reception, the gated parking garage to the resident rooftop indoor/outdoor clubhouse with dog park and plenty of places for humans to hang, it’s all packed into an evolved building with endless perks and even better views.

Bridgeport CT is steeped in the storied connections to a rich historic manufacturing past, while poised to embrace the evolving urban future of engineering, making, building, collaborating, and creating products in 2024. The largest city in the state of Connecticut, BPT is tucked thoughtfully into the winding shoreline of Long Island Sound, with unrivaled access to New England and the Tri-State area by cars, trains and planes. The post-industrial vibes are strong, as is the undeniable undercurrent of modernization and cultural evolution. Not surprisingly, there is already a vibrant local community of artists, makers, restaurateurs, entrepreneurs, innovators, boutique and big businesses—all realizing the bright future of The Park City.

​​​​​​Agenda

​​​​​​​​6:30-7:00 - Arrival, mingle, grab refreshments
7:00-7:05 - Welcome and introduction
7:05-8:00 - Mix + mingle
8:00-8:30p - Community open mic

• ​​​​​​​​​Anyone will have the chance for a 2min pitch to demo a prototype or talk about what they are working on.

​​​​​​​​​8:30-9:30p - Mix + mingle

​​​​​​Thank you to our sponsors and partners!

• ​​​​​​Wright One is revolutionizing the aviation industry with cutting-edge electric turbine technology designed to power the future of sustainable flight. As a leader in electric propulsion, Wright One is committed to reducing carbon emissions and enhancing efficiency across various aviation applications. From commercial aviation to military missions, Wright One's versatile systems are engineered to meet diverse operational needs with a focus on the pilot/operator to customize the powerplant application. With a focus on innovation and collaboration, Wright One brings together aerospace experts, industry leaders, and engineers to advance electric flight through research, development, and networking opportunities. Wright One is driving the next era of sustainable aviation. Learn more.

• ​​​​​​​informal is a freelance collective for the most talented independent professionals in hardware. Whether you're looking for a single contractor, a full-time employee, or an entire team of professionals to work on everything from product development to go-to-market, the informal collective has the perfect collection of people for the job. Learn more.

​​​​​​If you want to help support the next meetup, please reach out to justin (at) wrightfan (dot) com for sponsorship inquiries and I will get you in-touch with Informal.

​​​​​​See you soon!