kidlogic

Pound-for-pound, cement is the largest producer of carbon emissions in the world.

Crunchbase would be better position IMO

It would be interesting to see a social graph of the moderators of reddit (who are mods, what subreddits do they mod, how many subreddits do they mod, which users moderate multiple subreddits together, etc.)

I was looking for something like this today.

This would be great for on-boarding tutorials, troubleshooting, etc..

If you could add text bubbles (similar to Youtube) that would be superb :)

zapier, github

Take my advice with a grain-of-salt - I am not a strong developer. However, I do have experience in the Operations side of small businesses.

Since this will be a side-project (and your time is limited), try automating as many aspects of the business from the beginning. I am not implying that you should BUILD automation into the onboarding process, but use services like Zapier to make your life a bit easier.

I asked this question to a MD from Techstars, their response was the following:

1) Keep the blood pumping - Ensure you have enough money in the bank to sustain the business as you grow or until you raise.

2) Attract top talent - Create a story so that you attract top employees who are willing to make your business succeed.

3) Shared Vision - Make sure each employee knows the overall objectives of the company so that they can execute without your direct oversight.

To comment on your post (the following numbers correspond to your listing):

1) Yes, "Hardware Engineering" is a very broad term. You'll have multiple levels of Hardware Engineers all working on different aspects of a design. However, this isn't much different from Frontend + Backend (and their associated languages).

3) Multiple parties working on one device, remotely, is possible (see: http://www.protoexchange.com - shameless plug). We've worked with multiple engineers on a single hardware device. The hard-part is that the debugging typically requires each party to have the same piece of hardware physically available.

It would be interesting to chat more about OSHW if available :)

Very awesome - wish that Norse gave more explanation about specific attacks (and the differences between the types). If anyone can explain in more detail that would be a great help (hope someone will take time to chime in)...

Platforms require two important factors - self-marketing and publishing tools. It's important that the published content benefits everyone within the community, which helps build up to true Network Effects.

Github (same-sided platform): publish your repo, users can download and contribute to your code. More code, more branches, repeat.

Youtube (two-sided platform): Published content provides entertainment. Users can respond to others video to provide additional relevant content. Each publisher promotes their own channel for recognition (and in turn, promotes your platform).

I'd recommend reading: http://platformed.info/ The author really dives into Platforms vs Marketplaces and how to increase your chances for success. It's the only blog I've ever subscribed to.

Business: http://www.protoexchange.com - A freelance Hardware community. We match you to experts who can help solve your hardware headaches :D

Side-project: A/B Testing tool that compares metrics between two completely different websites!

Gone! (Techstars company) has been testing in a few areas and is not specific: http://thegoneapp.com/

Affiliated as they are my friends and have a solid team

the Gone! app does this for you, but it's even easier and you don't have to ship anything out (they'll supply and even pick up the boxes for you).

definitely worth a try, but eBay Valet is interesting: http://thegoneapp.com/

shot contact over linkedin + twitter. Let's chat!

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