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Maker Pro News: Quirky Reboots, Lawyers for Maker Pros, and More

Maker Pro News: Quirky Reboots, Lawyers for Maker Pros, and More

By DC Denison

DC Denison

DC Denison is the co-editor of The Maker Pro Newsletter, which covers the intersection of makers and business. That means hardware startups, new products, and market trends.

DC manages customer stories at Acquia, the digital experience company.

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By Jon Christian

Jon Christian

Jon Christian is the co-editor of the Maker Pro Newsletter, which covers the intersection between makers and business. He's also written for the Boston Globe, WIRED and The Atlantic.

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Invention platform Quirky is back from bankruptcy, plus the latest news about making and business.

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So You Want to Be a Hardware Entrepreneur?

So You Want to Be a Hardware Entrepreneur?

By Jon Christian

Jon Christian

Jon Christian is the co-editor of the Maker Pro Newsletter, which covers the intersection between makers and business. He's also written for the Boston Globe, WIRED and The Atlantic.

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As Oculus Rift, Jawbone, and Spark have increased the stature of hardware startups over the past several years, a dizzying number of resources have sprung up to support new ventures. In the no-nonsense “Hardware Incubators, The Guide,” now available as an eBook, MakingSociety founder Mathilde Berchon sifts through the specific spaces now available to hardware entrepreneurs. “I wrote it with one […]

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Software Incubator Y Combinator To Begin Funding Hardware Startups

Software Incubator Y Combinator To Begin Funding Hardware Startups

By Alasdair Allan

Alasdair Allan

Alasdair Allan is a scientist, author, hacker and tinkerer, who is spending a lot of his time thinking about the Internet of Things. In the past he has mesh networked the Moscone Center, caused a U.S. Senate hearing, and contributed to the detection of what was—at the time—the most distant object yet discovered.

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Y Combinator, one of the most famous incubator programs in the industry, today announced added support for the growing number of hardware startups they fund.

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How to go From Prototype to Pro

How to go From Prototype to Pro

By Andrew Terranova

Andrew Terranova

Andrew Terranova is an electrical engineer, writer and author of How Things Are Made: From Automobiles to Zippers. Andrew is also an electronics and robotics enthusiast and has created and curated robotics exhibits for the Children's Museum of Somerset County, NJ and taught robotics classes for the Kaleidoscope Enrichment in Blairstown, NJ and for a public primary school. Andrew is always looking for ways to engage makers and educators.

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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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