PopSockets, a popular company known for its phone grips, has shown that you don’t always need a lot of money from investors to succeed in the consumer hardware market. Over the last eleven years, the company has sold an impressive 290 million products in 115 countries, all while starting with less than $500,000 and without relying on large venture capital funding. This success story challenges the common belief that new tech companies must follow a specific path to thrive, especially in an indus...