Exciting! I'm glad you are trying to start something up. Maybe a more dedicated site would foster a stronger community later down the line. Are there any existing places that do this?
On July 30th in SF I'm organizing an "Map-a-thon" to put together a hardware resources map (like where to buy electronics, metal, etc. locally) for the SF area using a simple gMaps embed and some KMLs.
There also needs to be a "CrunchBase for hardware" because no one tags things "hardware" - it's always "fitness", "maker" or whatever category they're targeting.
We're also doing a survey soon to get some case studies on how people are building these companies.
Finally, we're looking at putting together a knowledge base for how to make things like "How to Design for Injection Molding" - etc. It's easy to find "How to Build X in Rails" tutorials - we need the same for our community.
- http://www.meetup.com/HardwareStartupSF
- http://hardwareuncon.eventbrite.com
- http://www.meetup.com/Solid-State-Startups
To name very few - look at the side bar on the sub-Reddit to see more.
http://www.meetup.com/NY-Hardware-Start-up
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