Hardware Podcasts

#397.1 - An Interview with Monica Houston and Alessandra Nölting

The Amp Hour · 21 Jun 2018 · 31m

What this episode covers

Monica Houston and Alessandra Nölting from Hackster.io join Chris Gamble on a sailboat to discuss their company's mission and upcoming initiatives. They detail Hackster.io's growth to 500,000 members, its role in promoting open-source hardware, and a new annual contest focused on ocean conservation. The conversation also covers their plans to take the ham radio license exam at ToorCamp and observations on the hardware startup scenes in Seattle and San Francisco.

Most relevant to

companies scaling up

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Hackster.io
Products
Arduino, Raspberry Pi
Chips
STM32
Also
ToorCamp

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