Last week, I attended an unconference called ORD Camp. At the event, attendees create sessions together around their passions and expertise. Everyone is a “speaker”; there’s no hierarchy of VIPs and attendees. Participants this year included astronauts, public school teachers, ...
In Chapter 16 of my book I talk a lot about angel investing. First up: “Angel investor” is a stupid and meaningless term, right up there with “stock market investor” or “bank account holder”. It means someone did something, once. It means nothing more. Angel ...
In my new book “Hot Seat: The Startup CEO Guidebook“, I got to retell some amazing stories from CEOs of companies large and small. One of them was from Elissa Shevinsky, CEO and founder of Glimpse. There’s a few details that the story left out, though, and I wanted to touch ...
I’m working on something new. I can’t wait to tell you what it is.  Unfortunately we’re not ready to tip our hand quite yet, so I have to be a little coy. The company is called Glowforge. We’re making a real, tangible thing – a piece of hardware – powered by a giant stack ...
I’ve been asked by a lot of folks for advice with their Kickstarter campaigns. I’ve thought long and hard about it. I worked hard on the Robot Turtles campaign, but fundamentally thought of it as a fun diversion. I had no idea it was going to turn into the blockbuster that it did! ...
I was shocked to hear this from the head of Microsoft Ventures, Rahul Sood: While I’m a huge advocate for #diversity & women entrepreneurs, having a startup weekend just for women is kinda #pointless. — Rahul Sood (@rahulsood) September 11, 2014 He went on to apologize, sort of but ...
Five years ago (!!!) I gave an Ignite talk on cheap RC airplanes.  In one of my prouder geek moments Mark Frauenfelder, a maker-hero of mine, posted it to Boingboing.   And that was that. Until today, when I had the amazing opportunity to be a guest on an episode of the Gweek podcast with ...
I’m told Amazon writes the press release for a product before beginning development. I don’t know exactly how the process works, but this has been sloshing around in my head mixed in with a bunch of other tidbits. Like the trick of running ads that lead to a signup page before you ...
First things first: the last of the Robot Turtles Kickstarter production run is still available on Amazon for $34.95 plus $9.95 USÂ shipping, with international shipping available. If you order today, Dec 19, you should get it in time for Christmas! In early September, I launched a ...
Robot Turtles has been an amazing ride. Â From a goofy idea in the shower, to some clipart, to a print on demand game for my family… to a $250,000 wild ride that doesn’t seem to be done yet! Â As of this writing I’ve just crossed the halfway point (12 days down, 11 to go) and ...