Strategic Advisory for Hardtech
Resonant Mode Partners
Every system has a resonant mode – the point where small inputs produce outsized responses. I help hard-tech companies align team, product, market, and capital so their efforts stop dissipating and start amplifying.
Services
Where I add leverage
Engagements are tailored, but they usually center on one or more of these capabilities.
Fundraising
Craft compelling narratives, investor materials, and strategies that close capital for technically complex companies.
Product Strategy
Translate deep technology into focused products, roadmaps, and technical moats that customers actually buy.
Go-to-Market & Commercial Strategy
Design sales motions, pricing, and channel strategies that fit long-cycle hardtech buying behavior.
Building & Leading Teams
Hire, structure, and develop the technical and commercial talent required to scale from lab to market.
Visioning & Storytelling
Align stakeholders around a sharp, credible vision of what the company is building and why it matters.
Executive Leadership
Coach CEOs and senior leaders through the transitions, decisions, and communication challenges that define hardtech scale-ups.
Clients
Who I work with
Hardtech Startups
From founding through Series A, helping founders turn breakthrough science into fundable, sellable companies.
Investors
Due diligence, technical theses, and portfolio support for VCs and corporate venture arms.
Corporations
Strategic advisory on emerging technologies, market entry, partnerships, and innovation programs.
Andrew Hsieh
Founder, Resonant Mode Partners
About
Built for the hard side of hardtech.
Hardtech companies operate at the intersection of physics, engineering, capital, and markets. The advice they need has to be as rigorous as the science and as pragmatic as the P&L.
I work with founders, boards, and investors to make the critical transitions clearer: from technical demo to product, from product to revenue, from revenue to scale, and from scale to category leadership.
My style is direct, high-context, and collaborative — I operate like a senior executive who happens to sit outside the org chart.
Contact
Let's find the right resonance.
Tell me what you're building and where you're stuck.