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r/Entrepreneur · 2026-10-05

A hardware device built to help the author's mother with long-term arthritis (product…

RevenueCredibleCredibility 60/100

A hardware device built to help the author's mother with long-term arthritis (product built over 6 years, not yet selling).

Problem it solves. Helps a person with arthritis (assistive hardware to address pain/mobility for the author's mother).

Who pays. People with arthritis / caregivers

Market. hardware / assistive devices / health hardware

How it makes money. Not yet selling product; earned a $35,000 pitch competition prize

Claimed. $35,000 (first-place pitch prize)

Why we believe it · 23 comments read

OP reports concrete, specific events (6 years building a hardware product for his mother, applied and won a named pitch competition for $35,000); top comments critique the premise/writing but do not provide decisive evidence the claim is fabricated or promotional.

“Is this a new marketing stunt where you write completely insane shit to get people's attention then bury some ad in the post?” ▲ 60
“Not sure if this is written by AI or if brainrots just making people write like AI.” ▲ 50
“the 60 second rule doesnt even make sense... the whole premise assumes its own conclusion.” ▲ 40

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