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Standing With Ahmed

The Amp Hour · 18 Sept 2015 · 1h 02m · Episode 267

What this episode covers

Dave Jones and Chris Camel discuss the viral story of Ahmed Mohammed, a student arrested for bringing a clock to school, using it to critique societal fear and the lack of common sense in education. They analyze a Bolt diagram of hardware venture capital, noting investors like SK Ventures backing companies such as Sphero and OpenROV, while debating the merits of VC funding versus bootstrapping. The conversation shifts to the XOXO conference, where Chris highlights the rise of independent contractors and the importance of community, before concluding with technical debates on the practicality of using high-level platforms like Raspberry Pi versus low-level assembly programming.

Most relevant to

early-stage companies

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Contextual Electronics, SK Ventures, OpenROV, Y Combinator
Products
Sphero, Raspberry Pi
Tools
KiCad, Altium
Also
EEV Blog, Bolt

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