The Next HOPE – How to Run an Open Source Hardware Company (and vendor booth)
Adafruit will be giving a talk at The Next HOPE! *AND* we’ll have an Adafruit booth selling electronics on site the entire time! HOPE is the only event we sell items in person, we’ll have lots of deals and discounts!
Title: How to Run an Open Source Hardware Company
Day/Time: Saturday, July 17, 2010 – 1000 (10 am)
Location: Tesla (18th floor)
We will also be live blogging from the event and “maybe” a live Ask an engineer, we’ll see 🙂
If you plan to attend, definitely attend Mitch’s session!
How to Bring Your Project from Idea to Reality: Make a Living Doing What You Love – Mitch Altman has brought his personal pet projects (including TV-B-Gone universal remote controls) from idea to reality, and is fortunate to make a living doing what he loves. Mitch will outline the practical steps he took to take his projects from a mere idea, through the steps of research, development, manufacture, sales and distribution, leading, finally, to collecting checks while in the comfort of his home (and while traveling the world). This talk will also show some of the pitfalls of running one’s own business.
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