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The diversity of the high tech industry, combined with the enormous demand for its products, creates numerous small business opportunities in electronics. Broadly, these opportunities allow a small business to break into a seemingly impenetrable industry and carve out a sizable niche.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opportunities in the electronics business can arise from products you develop or others’ products that you support. Here are a few examples of small business opportunities in electronics:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Developing a new product<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The businesses that often receive all the glory are the businesses that invent a new product. Whether it is the iPhone, the Switch or the Echo, a business can build its name and reputation around a single hot product. By improving on your competitors’ products or filling a demand for a new product, your small business can establish itself as a worthy competitor and a successful company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do not assume that new product development is strictly for large multinational corporations. Small businesses produce 16 times more patents<\/a> per employee than large businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Repairing others’ products<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For good or bad, all those new products break down. For example, an entire industry has grown up around cell phone repair. Electronics repair companies are in high demand because testing, troubleshooting<\/a> and repairing equipment are all often cheaper than replacing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, large medical devices, like MRIs and CAT scanning equipment, can cost up to $2.1 million<\/a> to replace with a new system. As a result, hospitals tend to repair and upgrade imaging equipment to squeeze as much service life as possible out of it. Small businesses can find a system with a long service life and carve out a niche by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n