Chrissy Meyer discovered electrical engineering at age 9 and built her career shipping iconic Apple products like iPod Touch and Apple Watch before moving into venture capital, giving her an unusually deep, hands-on understanding of how complex consumer hardware is actually built and scaled. She brings large-scale manufacturing expertise directly into her investing at Root Ventures, talking in detail about Foxconn lines and failure modes at volume, and uses this background to coach founders on picking the right manufacturing partners and designing hardware that can scale beyond just working as a prototype. Chrissy Meyer discovered electrical engineering at age 9 and built her career shipping iconic Apple products like iPod Touch and Apple Watch before moving into venture capital, giving her an unusually deep, hands-on understanding of how complex consumer hardware is actually built and scaled. She brings large-scale manufacturing expertise directly into her investing at Root Ventures, talking in detail about Foxconn lines and failure modes at volume, and uses this background to coach founders on picking the right manufacturing partners and designing hardware that can scale beyond just working as a prototype.