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What my Tech Startup Learned Delivering Aid in Puerto Rico

Posted: January 3, 2018January 3, 2018

Contributor: Joel Ifill is the founder of DASH Systems. Drone enthusiast and package thrower. He resides in Los Angeles and may be reached by e-mail or twitter Deliveries into Utudao October 2017 After landfall of Hurricane Maria I kept myself updated about the dire situation in Puerto Rico.A terrible story was unfolding: a growing humanitarian crisis marred by logistics challenges …

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Category: Cool Stuff, Entrepreneurs, Lean, Startups

Does crowdfunding derisk robotics?

by Andra

Posted: July 30, 2013July 30, 2013

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Crowdfunding is often cited as one of the mechanisms accelerating robot startups, alongside COTS, reduced costs, rapid prototyping, digital manufacturing, smart phones, connectivity etc. The entire premise of Chris Anderson’s new book “Makers: the new Industrial Revolution” is that we now live in a time when the barriers to hardware production are lower than they’ve …

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Category: Entrepreneurs, Lean, Robots, Startups

Robotics Tomorrow interview

by Andra

Posted: March 1, 2013March 1, 2013

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“Persistence is at the heart of every successful robotics startup, and a lot of pivoting. So the faster you can move from prototyping into customer development, market research and investor meetings, the more likely you are to find a good product/market fit.” (as published in Robotics Tomorrow 2/25/2013)

Category: Entrepreneurs, Lean

Episode 2: Accelerator or Hackerspace?

by Andra

Posted: October 19, 2012October 19, 2012

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Is Robot Launchpad an accelerator or a hackerspace? Both. Right now we’re testing the viability of opening a robot hackerspace. Theoretically, this makes a lot of sense. I believe that the hackerspace and maker movement are fueling a resurgence of growth in hardware startups. Chris Anderson’s new book Makers: The New Industrial Revolution, argues that we …

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Category: Lean, Startups

Episode 1: Robot Launchpad’s Lean Year

by Andra

Posted: October 9, 2012October 11, 2012

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I thought I’d document our somewhat unusual journey through lean startup methodology and robotics. I founded Robot Launchpad almost a year ago to test the assumption that robotics and lean went together, that startups were startups whether they were hardware or software, that Silicon Valley was the place to do it, and that growing …

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Category: Lean, Startups