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How VCs Look at the Maker Market

How VCs Look at the Maker Market

VC have a role in the maker market. Investors bring more than their money to the table. Business relationships and experience to advise a new CEO can be a major advantage for a hardware start-up if they find the right investor for them.

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How to go From Prototype to Pro

How to go From Prototype to Pro

Learn from innovators and incubators how to move your product from early stage conception, get it made, and get it to market.

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PowerClip wins New York’s Next Top Makers Competition

PowerClip wins New York’s Next Top Makers Competition

The goal of the challenge was to support design-driven production, promote a culture of innovation, and to foster the development of new businesses in New York City.

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What Makes a Successful Hardware Project?

What Makes a Successful Hardware Project?

“Hardware is hard” is a frequent refrain at the Hardware Innovation Workshop. That’s one reason why the audience is here — to identify the land mines on the way from idea to product.

But it’s also helpful, and encouraging, to focus on successful initiatives, and ask their founders to reflect on why they’ve succeeded.

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More Retweetable Tweets From Hardware Innovation Workshop

More Retweetable Tweets From Hardware Innovation Workshop

A torrent of tweets continued throughout today’s Hardware Innovation Workshop.

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Making Experiences at the Hardware Innovation Workshop

Making Experiences at the Hardware Innovation Workshop

It’s amazing how hundreds of people can come together from all over the world for a single day — and common themes emerge. One of those themes, at today’s Hardware Innovation Workshop, was iteration — how products benefit from the ability to make new versions quickly.

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Board Meeting: Makers Behind Arduino, BeagleBone Talk Shop

Board Meeting: Makers Behind Arduino, BeagleBone Talk Shop

When two titans of the maker movement microcontroller world take the stage at the Hardware Innovation Workshop, they find plenty of common ground. https://makezine.com/hardware-innovation-workshop/

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