Adafruit Daily

Maker Business

2024

July

03

A look at Boeing’s supply chain and manufacturing process

January

24

China seeks to make even more stuff

2023

August

30

ARM’s much anticipated IPO is around the corner

July

31

Samsung: from fruit exporter to the 2nd largest chip manufacturer

June

13

“Packaging” chips in the US

May

16

Making sure the CHIPS act isn’t just crumbs

10

The lull in US manufacturing

April

11

Inside a TSMC fab

March

14

Philips, an electronics giant, has faded from its former glory

January

11

Chip inventories rise as demand falls

2022

December

19

The business of games and their hardware

November

01

How (some) chips get made

September

26

Challenges in trade between China and U.S. highlighted by forced labor bill

August

08

Moving manufacturing out of China

June

27

Foxconn executive discusses the dramatically scaled back project in Wisconsin

21

A paradigm shift

13

Broadcom trying to acquire VMware for $61 billion

06

Trying anything and everything to get through the chip shortage

May

16

A development to watch: Intel in Ohio

09

What the success of just-in-time manufacturing can (and can’t) teach us today

02

Atoms and Bits: a new newsletter on hardware/software businesses

2021

November

19

Pololu’s account of the chip shortage

05

Foxconn is coming to Ohio to manufacture cars

October

22

Savannah tells the story of the supply chain crisis in the U.S.

05

The Defense Production Act and the global supply chain

September

22

Raspberry Pi (Trading) Ltd raises $45m

15

Supply delays have made their way inland with railway bottlenecks

01

Apple went all in on China. Their bluff has been called

August

25

How the largest semiconductor manufacturer affects the chip shortage

10

Supply shortages challenge maker companies and innovation in semiconductor industry

June

30

Over 500,000 manufacturing jobs are going unfilled

22

Global shipping still hasn’t righted itself

09

Peloton to break ground at a new manufacturing campus in Ohio

01

CHIPS for America: a new bill tries to stimulate semiconductor manufacturing in the U.S. #makerbusiness

May

25

How does Germany have the 2nd largest trade surplus in the world? And other questions in global economics.

2020

July

07

To make it through a tough business cycle, layoffs should be a last resort

April

15

How 3M is able to ramp up production of N95 masks

March

05

1,000 True Fans, how creators can sustain themselves in the digital age

February

11

How to start, manage, and fund a paid membership program

January

07

Apple’s Mac Pro doesn’t fall far from the tree

2019

December

10

Patreon: 4 million patrons, $1 billion in payouts

November

26

Will it scale? Culture at Google, it seems, will not.

20

A radio tuned to one station, tells many stories about manufacturing electronics

12

Robotics manufacturer Anki is stripped for parts

October

29

Kickstarter shutters Drip, its Patreon-like competitor

15

Re-evaluating Amazon after its acquisition of Whole Foods

08

Facebook struggling to break into hardware

01

Makerspaces struggle to stay in business even as interest in the industry grows

September

24

When mobile payments and government surveillance align

17

A list of companies owned by Amazon. It’s big.

10

Charitable business and the Buy-One Give-One angle

04

Invent-Her by Collab @collabnyc – apply now!

August

06

Trade war rolls on, effects will have lasting implications

July

30

Local business

23

Tariffs, lobbyists and line items

16

SiFive is a startup to pay attention to. RISC-5 is here to stay.

09

What’s next for Indiegogo after leadership shakeup

02

The giants of tech vs. the startups of home security

June

25

Brooklyn based goTenna is finding its place as a supplier for enterprise and governmental consumers

17

Over 30 years of hardware development – An interview with Parallax, Inc.

03

Diversifying your portfolio with sneakers?

May

28

Shapeways expanding its reach with Etsy shop integration

06

Robotics manufacturer Anki shuts down

April

29

Open source may be the foundation of computing, but there are issues far from settled

22

Amazon’s mascot shows how even small measures can reinforce business culture

15

The sustainability of open source software

08

The ethical, financial, and logistical challenges with hardware support

01

The shifting industrial landscape, by way of a converted paper mill

March

25

Counterfeit glue, rat poison, and international trade

February

25

Japan and the EU enter into monumental free trade agreement

18

The strange world of low-margin online returns

12

Apple manufacturing in the U.S.? Easier said than done.

04

Indiegogo helps raise money, and dabbles in incubation

January

21

Designing hardware is hard. Designing a test jig can be harder.

14

A field guide to designing your PCBs, learned the hard way

07

When it comes to new technology, adoptability is just as important as viability

02

The makerspace bubble in China

2018

December

26

Trader Joes generics are often made by name brand manufacturers.

17

Open-source hardware requires a community. A little celebrity doesn’t hurt.

03

The golden age of microbrands?

November

27

Japanese word working and more in December’s issue of HackSpace magazine!

19

Bill Gross’s 7 lessons to help you and your business succeed

12

Spotlight on Makeblock, one of the latest companies to find success in the STEAM market

October

29

Wearable Myo ends production, soon to release smart glasses

15

Rethink Robotics closes shop. Long live collaborative robots #makerbusiness

September

18

Fewer startups, and other collateral damage from the 2018 tariffs

04

Electronics manufacturing is a burger of complexity

August

13

Despite multiple bankruptcies, RadioShack continues to find ways to keep the lights on

July

30

The end of Toys “R” Us marks the end of an era, even if it didn’t have to be this way

17

American startups are having an increasingly smaller share of the market

09

The many, many manufacturing processes listed on Wikipedia

02

Maker movement is about teaching skills, but also interest in STEM

June

19

Aquarium troubles: the cost of iteration and troubleshooting with a manufacturers abroad

06

@the_prepared is Soliciting Original Content on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

04

Limor’s “10 Cool gadgets” that didn’t make the cut for @strategist @nymag

May

29

Hardware compounds the challenge of businesses working to improve their data centralization

22

A journey through Shenzhen, the electronics manufacturing hub of the world

14

The first step in making: a PCB

07

At Glowforge, a culture that is customer-focused and transparent

April

30

Tesla and the perils of automation #makerbusiness

23

Looking back at Electric Objects, a postmortem of a hardware startup #makerbusiness

16

What all businesses can learn from the maker movement

09

Not forgetting the importance of hardware, Particle acquires RedBear

02

Inside Adafruit or: How a Maker Company Makes @HackSpaceMag #makerbusiness

March

26

Lessons in launching a physical product #makerbusiness

16

Prototyping PCBs with Particle, a guide from a pro in the field #makerbusiness

12

Maplin collapses as rescue talks fail

05

Boldport Club at 500 subscribers

February

26

Starter Stories: Mini Materials

19

Pololu’s New Machines

12

The Public Radio’s inventory dashboard

05

Ten Days in Shenzhen

January

29

Adafruit Machine Line

22

Sweden adds fee per package plus VAT for packages from China

15

The Incredible Mrs. Lin

08

Competing with BigCo: 2018 Edition

2017

December

18

Some go to production hell. I went to production heaven.

11

Presentation: Ten Year Futures – Benedict Evans

05

Adafruit interviews Dan Rasure, Managing Partner TechShop 2.0

04

Stop Using Excel, Finance Chiefs Tell Staffs

November

27

The Prepared’s Favorite Tools of 2017

20

TechShop is closed, files bankruptcy

07

Limor Fried featured in NYC’s HER BIG IDEA!

06

Hardware in 2017

October

30

Where Internet Orders Mean Real Jobs, and New Life for Communities

16

Alibaba to invest $15b in tech, set up research labs around the world

09

Amazon’s Domination is Blocked by a Delivery Truck

September

25

The Prepared Podcast – Jonathan Cedar, BioLite

11

Lessons Learned Scaling Airbnb 100X

August

30

The software routing 260,000 grocery deliveries a week

28

Avnet Acquires Dragon Innovation

21

“ORANGE PI: MEETING WITH STEVEN ZHAO IN SHENZHEN”

09

How Authority and Decision-Making Differ Across Cultures

July

25

HAX Hardware Trends 2017

June

15

Transforming Today’s Bad Jobs into Tomorrow’s Good Jobs

13

Drone Racing League Raises $20 Million From Sky, Liberty Media, WWE

12

“Free Arduino” – Free as in Freedom #makerbusiness

08

The Silicon Valley Billionaires Remaking America’s Schools

01

Brave raises $35M in Initial Coin Offering

May

31

SUPREME COURT VICTORY FOR THE RIGHT TO TINKER IN PRINTER CARTRIDGE CASE

30

Why Jitneys Will Survive Uber

26

Raspberry Pi and CoderDojo Join Forces

25

Airbnb’s Internal University to Teach Data Science

24

The Not-So-Secret Code That Powers Robots Around the Globe

23

HOW ANKER IS BEATING APPLE AND SAMSUNG AT THEIR OWN ACCESSORY GAME

22

Kickstarter Hardware Studio

17

PBS Kids releases baby’s first HDMI dongle

16

Strings Attached

15

Arrow launches free overnight shipment for all products in stock

12

China’s big push for its global trade narrative

11

Field Study

10

[Reading List] Ask More: The Power of Questions to Open Doors, Uncover Solutions, and Spark Change

08

Simple & Powerful Commitment Strategies: Monthly Reports

05

GE’s Jeff Immelt Warns Donald Trump on Perils of Protectionism

04

SCM Simulator!

03

Where It’s Made: An Airbus Plane

02

IFPI Global Music Report 2017

01

Cities Seek Deliverance From the E-Commerce Boom

April

26

How Intel Makes a Chip

25

Steve Ballmer Serves Up a Fascinating Data Trove

24

MakerBot’s technology of the future grapples with its rocky past

21

Undercover in an iPhone Factory (video)

20

We must ensure the Fourth Industrial Revolution is a force for good

19

Bezos On Risky Business

18

Is American Retail at a Historic Tipping Point?

17

Amazon’s Robot War Is Spreading

10

The productivity paradox

07

Warehouse Process Analysis

06

Millennials More Upbeat on Manufacturing’s Future

05

The Economics of Airline Class

04

5 interesting things from Arduino Day (video) … And there was cake

03

Andrew Ng: Artificial Intelligence is the New Electricity

March

24

SoftBank Invests $300 Million in WeWork

23

Apple acquires Workflow

22

“The Future of Vegas Revenue Is an Illusion”

21

Zenefits founder Parker Conrad takes another crack at HR onboarding

20

Interview with Altium! Tomorrow – 3/21/17 4:30pm ET

17

MakerFaire Chicago Postponed Until Fall 2017

16

Google Small Business “Celebrating Women Entrepreneurs”

15

Jessa Jones: Master Microfixer

14

Tune in tomorrow for AAE – Ask A Lawyer Edition 3/15/17 8pm ET

13

Michael Kratsios @WhiteHouse deputy CTO @mkratsios @peterthiel @WHOSTP45 formerly @amac @smithmegan @USCTO44 @WHOSTP44

10

Futuresource: OS Battle Heats Up In Education Market

09

Fictiv 2017 State of Hardware Report

08

Bak USA: Manufacturing With A Social Conscience In Buffalo NY

07

Snuggie Legal Battle Actually Matters A Lot

06

Let’s talk about tech literacy

03

Snap, Learning, Money

02

The Jobs Americans Do

01

Distributed Manufacturing

February

28

The Art of War – Sun Tzu – An Animated Book Summary

27

DistroKid: What I’ve been up to for the past 4 years

24

Ladyada @adafruit & makers removed from @whitehouse website #WHChamps #NationOfMakers @mfgday @makerswomen

23

Makies Power Down, For Now

22

Apple: Right to Repair iPhones Encourages Hackers @Apple :)

21

Heptagon acquired RF Digital in 2016 – then ams AG gets both … @amsAnalog #makerbusiness

20

Former Arduino co-founder Gianluca Martino is working on an Arduino programmable

17

Makers and car advertising

16

Fresh Layoffs at Makerbot Under New CEO

15

Battle of the Library Sorters

14

SparkFun’s former CEO starts “SPARK X”

13

Examining Pitch Culture

10

Zenefits Cuts Nearly Half of Staff

09

It’s Time to Transform ERP into a Systems of Engagement

08

Fedex Launches Fulfillment Services

07

50 Things That Made The Modern Economy – The Shipping Container

06

Repair Cafes

03

MakerBot’s next job: print a new CEO

02

Beating Kickstarters to Market

01

Wanted: Factory Workers, Degree Required

January

30

Amazon Expands Into Ocean Freight

27

DigiLens and the AR Display Price Barrier

26

Tune in tonight @ 9pm! AaE – “bunnie” Edition

25

How to Make America’s Robots Great Again

24

Samsung Battery Report

20

Samsung & Batteries

19

Memorize Your Metrics

18

DoD Education Program

17

Kickstarter’s Make 100

13

The 16 Top Tech Policy Developments of 2016

12

How It’s Made: Adafruit AdaBox – Our Subscription Service

11

Filling High-Skill Manufacturing Job Openings

10

Factory Maps

09

Celebrating the Winners of MIT IDE’s Inclusive Innovation Competition

2016

December

23

Live video stats overview for an electronics show

21

“UPS Takes a Stake in Retail Returns”

20

“A Case Study of Crowdsourcing Gone Wrong” – Where is my shirt?

November

28

Happy CyberMonday ya’ll it’s #MakerBusiness

24

SparkFun CEO Glenn Samala interview by @PearceMelcher @sparkfun #makerbusiness @CHIPADDICT

23

Arduino co-founder joins AutoDesk to work on CadSoft EAGLE

21

“Intel is laying off a major portion of its wearables group”

18

The future of “makers” is live video (it’s here, now getting distributed) @kickstarter

17

Particle Announces $10.4 million Series A Funding @particle

16

On our reading list … The Hardware Hacker: Adventures in Making and Breaking Hardware: Andrew ‘bunnie’ Huang

15

Avnet Acquires Hackster, Focuses on Hardware Startups @hacksterio @avent #makerbusiness

14

Adobe + San Francisco’s first permanently affordable manufacturing space

11

Time to hack! Nintendo Entertainment System: NES Classic Edition @NintendoAmerica

10

GoPro Karma recall

09

“How the Empire State Building was transformed into a giant, glowing election tracker” @Obscura_Digital

08

Learn to code startup pi-top pulls in $4.3M to fund a global edtech push

07

“Free Shipping Is A Lie”

03

“Highway1 gets new leadership as co-founder Brady Forrest moves into an advisor role”

02

“Good News! Fixing Your Car Isn’t Illegal Anymore”

01

“Trade: It’s No Longer Rising”

October

31

Heirloom-quality gift company from @bre

27

“End of an era: BlackBerry will stop making its own phones”

25

Micro:bit Educational Foundation

24

“China’s factories in Shenzhen can copy products at breakneck speed—and it’s time for the rest of the world to get over it”

21

“A Merger Between Qualcomm and NXP”

20

State of the live streaming’ Facebook, YouTube, Twitch and now Twitter (Periscope)

19

Disney Accelerator 2016 video(s) – littleBits and Star Wars coming soon?

18

“codebender’s next chapter”

07

“Qualcomm Is Said to Be in Talks to Buy NXP Semiconductors”

06

“Behind The Crash Of 3D Robotics, North America’s Most Promising Drone Company”

September

30

“The Entire History of Kickstarter Projects, Broken Down by City”

29

“Silicon Valley startups invade Best Buy”

28

Drone Racing investments

27

“InstaPart: Get Any Symbol & Footprint in 24 Hours – SnapEDA”

26

UPS begins testing emergency drone deliveries with CyPhy

23

Shenzhen: The Silicon Valley of Hardware (Full Documentary) and Who invests in hardware?

22

Wearable tech company Thalmic Labs raises $120 million from Intel, Amazon, and others

21

Facebook acquires modular consumer hardware maker @nascentobjects @BabackE

20

(make) Business books…

19

Dyson “brings engineering to life”

16

Maker biz Friday, what we’re reading…

15

How Google Is Schooling Apple And Microsoft In The Battle For America’s Classrooms

14

Quickie tour of some of Adafruit (video)

12

Joichi Ito Director, MIT Media Lab – Maker biz and more with Ladyada and pt (video)

09

What we’re reading … Makerbiz on Fri…

08

PCBs.io by Digistump is for sale @digistump

07

“Google shelves plan for phone with interchangeable parts” @projectara

06

Hanjin – “South Korean container carrier stops accepting new cargo as U.S. ports block its ships”

05

“The future of Gadgeteer” (discontinuing .NET Gadgeteer)

02

LulzBot Parent Company Ranks 122 on Inc. 500 List @lulzbot3d @inc5000 @alephobjects #oshw

01

Why We Still Don’t Have Better Batteries

August

31

“The Prepared”

30

Jenny Lawton COO of TechStars @jennylawton @techstars

29

Nottingham ‘internet of things’ firm facing closure @365_Agile @WirelessThings

26

Blackbox “a new shipping company from the creators of Cards Against Humanity” @coolboxes

25

“Backers of Open-Source Chips Launch Startup”

24

Toys R Us will have Raspberry Pi ?

23

“Money doesn’t buy better core metrics but it buys growth speed”

22

John Maeda – Automattic “Global Head, Computational Design and Inclusion” @johnmaeda @photomatt @WordPress @Automattic

19

CastAR gets new CEO and Popular Science has a new Editor in chief

18

“You’ve got questions, we’ve got answers” – Follow up, our interview with CEO/Chairman of RadioShack

17

The CEO and The Chairman of RadioShack – Answering your questions! 8pm ET TONIGHT!

16

Sparkfun has a new CEO Glenn Samala, Nathan Seidle on to designing new products …

15

“How I Founded a $2 Billion Company with a 95 Cent Book from RadioShack”

12

Seeed Studio has new offices!

11

Cyber ITL – “The Cyber Independent Testing Lab (CITL)” – Consumer reports for software safety

10

DangerousPrototypes introduces “DirtyBOM/DirtyAssembly”

09

Formlabs raises $35 million for its 3D printing system and teams with Autodesk

08

The marketing of Circuit Playground (educational Arduino-compatible)

04

“Why This Ex-Google Design Exec is Building a Startup with Crazy Whiz Kids”

03

Glowforge raises $22M in new funding ($59.67M total)

02

“Kickstarter Creators Lifted by Amazon Launchpad”

01

Overview of funding, hardware accelerators and more (video)

July

29

BREAKING NEWS – Raspberry Pi maker Premier Farnell bought by Avnet @Avnet

28

“Hardware companies should never take venture money”

27

“Analog Devices to Buy Linear Technology for $14.8 Billion”

26

Kickstarter’s “12 Tips on Shipping Rewards”

25

“America wants to believe China can’t innovate. Tech tells a different story”

22

Bunnie working with Snowden on phone tracking and also taking on the DMCA Section 1201 with the EFF

21

“Dollar Shave Club Sells to Unilever for $1 Billion” (subscription services)…

20

SoftBank $32B acquisition of U.K.-based chipmaker ARM to target ‘Internet of Things’

19

TechShop – new CEO and more…

18

“How yuppies hacked the original hacker ethos”

15

The 9 start ups in Disney’s Accelerator program (and some more littleBits news)

14

“How to Take Your IoT Product from a Breadboard to Manufacturing”

13

DIY Co. launches JAM (and more funding)

12

“Amazon’s counterfeit problem is getting worse”

08

Ubuntu’s “How to Make Money with Open Source Hardware”

07

“The Myth of the Millennial Entrepreneur” and a follow up on some stats from hackster.io

06

“Facebook allows U.S. users to create fundraisers for nonprofits” – next up crowdfunding?

05

Hackster.io – “Maker survey”

01

“20 Experts Share Their Best Advice for Hardware Entrepreneurs”

June

30

Crowdfunding advice … “Before you work with a marketing service, consider this”

29

OSH Stencils – “PCB solder paste stencil maker founded by do-it-yourself engineers”

28

Premier Farnell’s CadSoft sold to Autodesk

27

Adafruit’s engineer, Limor “ladyada” Fried interviews Digikey CEO Dave Doherty

24

“TechShop Announces Initiative to Help Launch 10,000 Startups by 2022”

23

Time travel – Maker business milestones over the last 10 years and more…

22

“A New Breed of Intellectual Property”

21

“A Scaling Magic Trick”

20

(How to end a Kickstarter, the good way) – ARKYD: A Space Telescope for Everyone by Planetary Resources

17

Thank you Makers – Ladyada at the Whitehouse today!

16

“Failing Forward: Lessons Learned From The End Of A Startup”

15

Raspberry Pi maker Premier Farnell bought by Daetwyler

14

“The 3-D Printing Bubble May Have Burst”

13

“The Economics Of Selling Hardware”

10

Digistump launches PCBs.io – Custom PCB Service

09

Car cloned…

08

We are what we celebrate @littleBits on the cover of WIRED UK

07

The Essential Guide to Electronics in Shenzhen – our video review!

06

Internet trends report by Mary Meeker, KPCB 2016

03

“No Venture Capital Needed, or Wanted”

02

3D Scanning and (the Lack of) Copyright

01

Make: and littleBits at Barnes and Noble (NYC)

May

30

RadioShack .. is back? Names new CEO and more…

27

“If Work Is Digital, Why Do We Still Go to the Office?”

26

“Back to the Roots” – fish tank that grows food (cool maker company)

25

“The Essential Guide to Electronics in Shenzhen – Delivery Update”

24

“3 pitfalls that can sink any crowdfunded hardware startup”

23

“Nerds and Rockers to Face Off in a Queens Parking Lot”

20

“Federal Judge Says Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine A Perfectly Legitimate Source Of Evidence”

19

“What Is Your Hardware Business Gross Margin?”

18

Design in Tech Report 2016 — For Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, by John Maeda

17

OSH Park now a has a store front …

16

“Anyone Can Back a Startup Now”

13

The return of Quirky? Auxiliary … aux.space

12

Celery (pre-orders) for websites – acquired by Indiegogo

11

“Built Tough, Built Loud: The Development Story Behind the Loudest Speaker On the Market”

10

“We are what we celebrate” – Ayah Bdeir on the cover of WIRED UK

09

“The Trials Of Packaging A Product For The Apple Store”

06

Robot writing bot’ company Bond! Acquired by Newell Rubbermaid

05

“ANSWERS TO ALL YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT REGISTERED AIR PARCEL”

04

“The Secret Culprit in the Theranos Mess”

03

“Brooklyn’s Wearable Revolution”

02

“MakerBot, the face of 3-D printing in the city, continues to falter, while little-known Shapeways cleans up”

April

29

“Inside One of the World’s Most Secretive iPhone Factories”

28

More on Makerbot

27

“The Untold Story of Magic Leap, the World’s Most Secretive Startup”

26

MakerBot will no longer make its own 3D printers

25

The Real Story of How Amazon Built the Echo

22

Notes on Hardware: Things to Know When Investing in Hardware

21

“The Inventor’s Handbook”

20

Women in venture capital and their impact on female founders

19

“Top 25 Websites, Tools and Resources for Hardware Startups”

18

Apple recovered 2,204 pounds of gold (robots that take things apart)

15

GoPro Launches Developer Program

14

“The hidden psychology of failure”

13

Apple is selling 3D printers (in Europe)

12

“The Drone Manufacturers Alliance”

11

“2016 State of Hardware Report”

08

Tested.com and Instructables – videos videos videos

07

“EBay Will Sell Its Own Boxes To Kick Up Its Brand Awareness”

06

“100K MakerBot 3D Printers Sold Worldwide”

05

“Maker.Works by Digistump – Custom PCB Service”

04

Is RadioShack Back?

01

“Solidoodle Announces Suspension of Operations”

March

31

“Internet of Things: Are We There Yet? (The 2016 IoT Landscape)” by Matt Turck

30

“Ethereum, a Virtual Currency, Enables Transactions That Rival Bitcoin’s”

29

“Periscope Hits 200 Million Broadcasts, Number Doubles in 3 Months”

28

“Seeed Featured on Wired Magazine UK April Issue!”

25

“Preparing for Production of The Essential Guide To Electronics in Shenzhen”

24

“Owning DirtyPCBs: an opportunity lost”

23

“YouTube wants more female driven content” (video)

22

“Does Reshoring Fashion Manufacturing Make Sense?”

21

“Google Puts Boston Dynamics Up for Sale in Robotics Retreat”

17

Sugru – sales hit $5.5m in 2015

16

Daily LIVE show(s) from Amazon

15

“How Cities Can Grow the Maker Movement”

14

“By The Numbers: The Rise Of The Makerspace”

11

“From Prototype to Production”

10

“E-Commerce: Convenience Built on a Mountain of Cardboard”

09

Boldport – kit subscriptions

08

“CEO” and “value vs valuation”

07

More on low postage “China is classified by the UN as a developing country”

04

“Culture shock – Samsung’s mobile woes rooted in hardware legacy”

03

GoTenna gets funding and is now in REI

02

Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Crowdfunding Campaign by Coin, Inc.

01

Dale Dougherty Returns as CEO of Make: @make @dalepd #makerbusiness

February

29

Jameco’s has a free shipping club

26

Gregg Brockway CEO of MAKE has left Maker Media (MAKE)

25

The Postal Service is losing millions a year to help you buy cheap stuff from China

24

TBS and Mark Burnett line up celebrity judges for “America’s Greatest Makers,” created with Intel | Turner

23

“Kit Biz Profit and Loss”

22

The 360 degree videos are coming

19

A Burning Man’s Will Chase moves to Maker Faire

18

“E-Commerce: Convenience Built on a Mountain of Cardboard”

17

“Eight Lessons From The Hoverboard Craze”

16

Amazon’s New Jets Are a Threat to FedEx and UPS

15

Mattel’s “ThingMaker” – a 3d printer for kids

12

Amazon may take on Alibaba?

11

“How Free Returns and Exchanges Are Affecting America’s Retailers”

10

Physical tutorials / video kiosks and more next to products in concept “store”

09

Temporary UPS depots

08

Exclusive interview with Fred Dart – CEO of FTDI @FTDIChip #FTDI @adafruit

05

The Essential Guide to Electronics in Shenzhen

04

Follow up – FTDI CEO, Fred Dart interview is coming

03

Latest FTDI drivers via Windows update cause issues with fake chips

02

Pressured by Amazon, more retailers rush for speedy deliveries

01

What happened to all the @quirky data from inventors?

January

29

These 7 Startups Are Poised to Become Unicorns in 2016

28

Why Kickstarter Projects Ship Slowly

27

Electric Imp shipped 500,000 units

26

Magazines are a tough biz

25

“Hardware Testing Guide for Mass Production”

22

“5 Venture-Capital Tips for Hardware Startups”

21

MAKE announces changes, plans and more for 2016 – Adds CMO / CCO …

20

Microchip Technology to Buy Atmel for Nearly $3.6 Billion @MicrochipTech @Atmel

19

“Content Marketing for People Who Hate Writing”

18

Dole’s container ships

15

ATMEL to be acquired by Microchip?

13

Stamps.com is 1 of only 2 companies that can sell postage online

12

Intel acquires drone company – Ascending Technologies – light painting is the new “hello world” for drones

11

Lily the camera drone has $34 million in pre-orders (60,000 units)

08

Columbia House is BACK! Vinyl Subscription service

07

Segway has a robot you can ride …Advanced Personal Robot (video)

06

castAR: AR & VR system by Technical Illusions Kickstarter is going consumer product only (not developer)

05

“Ramsey Electronics shuts down it’s hobby kits division” #makerbusiness

04

Intel Completes Acquisition of Altera #makerbusiness

2015

December

29

3D Systems exits the 3D printer consumer biz

25

When a Unicorn Start-Up Stumbles, Its Employees Get Hurt

24

Amazon Seeks to Ease Ties With UPS — “How do you make sure that you’re guarding against the potential outcome where your customers might increasingly become competitors?”

23

Oldie but goodie – “Ten Rules for Maker Businesses” by Wired’s Chris Anderson (now 3D robotics)

22

“Big Changes At Popular Science” #makerbusiness

21

We’re callin’ it – 2016 will be year of the Makers on Twitch

18

Bosch launches smart home subsidiary – wants Robert in your home

17

Atmel acquired by UK’s Dialog Semiconductor $4.6 billion deal “Internet of Things” is the play – what’s missing? and a twist!

16

Autodesk Creates $100 Million Fund for Internet-of-Things Startups

15

Four trends transforming IoT in 2016

14

“NEW MATERIALS FOR MANUFACTURING”

11

“5 Cool Packaging Technologies of the Future”

10

The Content Marketing Handbook a 30,000+ word blog post about content marketing

09

“X Marks the Spot That Makes Online Ads So Maddening” – let’s together end the forced sign-up-for-newsletter

08

“‘Unboxing’ Videos a Gift to Marketers”

07

The next delivery battlefield – Drones, USPS Metro same day, crowd sourced delivery

04

“State of Hardware 2015”

03

“Why MakerBot and 3D Systems are Losing the Desktop 3D Market”

02

Bolt: “Kickstarter is Debt”

01

#GivingTuesday Social Media Phenomenon

November

30

Profile on iFixit (repair/takedowns and more)

27

“Finally — some data on whether crowdfunding is a good investment or not”

26

Thank you from Adafruit

25

From prototype to production of a 3D printer

24

@adafruit interviews the @microcenter CEO Rick Mershad ! (video)

23

Why big companies die #makerbusiness

20

Bolt’s – Hardware By The Numbers & haxlr8r “How do you build hardware startups in 2015”

19

How Brookstone Wants To Crowdfund A Comeback

18

The SEC rules to permit crowdfunding

16

Ignite has a new home – becomes a public benefit corporation

13

The cost of labor in China, up…

12

E-commerce platform vendor Shopify grows Q3 revenue 93%

11

Pimoroni plans to sell 4% of its business through equity crowdfunding

09

Kickstarter passes two billion dollars in pledges … & TechJect Robot Dragonfly

06

Startup Playbook – written by Sam Altman

05

“How Fraudulent Users Slip Under the Radar” and eBay “triangulation fraud”

04

USPS’ bizarre reason for denying insurance claim (don’t rely on USPS)

03

Google abandons plan for a retail store in New York City

02

Metrics metrics metrics!

October

29

The humble beginnings and ambitious future of 3d printing

23

“Going Back to the Garage – Hardware Renaissance Just Starting” – PDF

22

How MOO coupled product innovation with mass manufacturing

21

Western Digital to Buy SanDisk for $19 Billion

20

In conversation with PCH founder Liam Casey #makerbusiness

16

@Inventables: The Hardware Store for Designers $5m in funding, $10m so far…

15

Square “paid” Starbucks to use Square … and now that’s ending

14

“WeWork Used These Documents To Convince Investors It’s Worth Billions”

13

Update! MakerBot sends Adafruit comments “What is going on at MakerBot?”

09

What is going on at MakerBot ? Our take @makerbot @stratasys #makerbusiness

08

“Five Techniques I Learned from the Glowforge Launch” – An Open Letter from One Hardware CEO to Another

06

Microsoft and Google Call an End to Patent Battles

05

“A radical experiment at Zappos to end the office workplace as we know it”

01

The Curse of a New Building

September

30

Drops for Stuff: An Analysis of Reshipping Mule Scams

29

What’s the Future of Online Retail Delivery?

28

Open-source 3d printer maker Aleph Objects takes growth to third dimension

24

When hardware kickstarters actually ship

23

Quirky files for bankruptcy

21

Y Combinator Gets Hardcore About Hardware

18

Limor Fried of Adafruit talks about New York City’s upcoming MakeFaire – New York Business Journal

17

What did Billion Dollar Companies Look Like at the Series A?

15

Etsy is set to introduce Etsy Manufacturing

14

Adafruit’s Limor Fried Ushers In A Cool New Age for Hobby Electronics

11

Punk Rock ethics are good business

10

Will your hardware startup make money?

09

NYTimes says “The Internet of Way Too Many Things” – who wants to hear actors talk?

08

4 billion-dollar opportunities for hardware as a service #makerbusiness

07

The characteristics of a billion dollar consumer hardware startup

04

ThinkGeek is opening a retail store

03

How many Apple watches did Apple ship? #makerbusiness and a new wearable from ASUS

02

The Wharton Crowdfunding Study #makerbusiness

01

You Can’t Outsource Knowledge

August

31

How one small business makes electrical engineering easy

28

Drone makers getting a ton of funding #makerbusiness

27

littleBits in high end retail + “Stores Suffer From a Shift of Behavior in Buyers” #makerbusiness

24

“50 Companies That May Be the Next Start-Up Unicorns” – 2 are hardware @RethinkRobotics @3drobotics #makerbusiness

13

Alibaba Profit Misses Expectations; $4 Billion Stock Buyback Is Planned #makerbusiness @alibabatalk