BREAKING NEWS @Quirky is BACK new President @gwaldhorn was @benkaufman currently @BuzzFeed

 Wp-Content Uploads 2016 05 100M-2
Quirky Appoints New President, Is Primed for Relaunch via Twitter.

Q Holdings LLC, the private company which acquired Quirky in 2015 after it filed for bankruptcy, has been stealthily rebuilding the once beloved invention platform, and have announced the appointment of Gina Waldhorn as President. This hiring is the first public signal of what’s to come for the invention platform that during its heyday employed over two hundred people and raised over $180 million, but was forced to shut its doors due to an unsustainable business model.

See pervious coverage, no word if Ben Kaufman is coming back in the press release, he is currently at BuzzFeed product labs.


Have an amazing project to share? The Electronics Show and Tell is every Wednesday at 7:30pm ET! To join, head over to YouTube and check out the show’s live chat and our Discord!

Join us every Wednesday night at 8pm ET for Ask an Engineer!

Join over 38,000+ makers on Adafruit’s Discord channels and be part of the community! http://adafru.it/discord

CircuitPython – The easiest way to program microcontrollers – CircuitPython.org


New Products – Adafruit Industries – Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers! — New Products 11/15/2024 Featuring Adafruit bq25185 USB / DC / Solar Charger with 3.3V Buck Board! (Video)

Python for Microcontrollers – Adafruit Daily — Python on Microcontrollers Newsletter: A New Arduino MicroPython Package Manager, How-Tos and Much More! #CircuitPython #Python #micropython @ThePSF @Raspberry_Pi

EYE on NPI – Adafruit Daily — EYE on NPI Maxim’s Himalaya uSLIC Step-Down Power Module #EyeOnNPI @maximintegrated @digikey

Adafruit IoT Monthly — The 2024 Recap Issue!

Maker Business – Adafruit Daily — Apple to build another chip at TSMC Arizona

Electronics – Adafruit Daily — SMT Tip – Stop moving around!

Get the only spam-free daily newsletter about wearables, running a "maker business", electronic tips and more! Subscribe at AdafruitDaily.com !


1 Comment

  1. Marcel Duchamp

    The pr blurb about the new president of quirky should not fail to list the criticisms of her former employer on behalf of Nestle:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestl%C3%A9#Controversy_and_criticisms

    Sorry, but any time I see Nestle mentioned for the last 30+ years, I think of the bullshit 3rd world marketing to poor women telling them to stop breastfeeding and buy formula. Anyone who would work on behalf of Nestle is not someone I want to associate with.

Sorry, the comment form is closed at this time.