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OscarPedroso

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    Ed-Tech Startup Pivoting to Online Homeschooling

    Not sure that this is the right place to post this but I'm throwing it out there for feedback. We've made a recent pivot to our education-tech startup by offering our robotics and …

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    Comment #20870158

    This sounds interesting; does this work like a CRM for people management (networking) ?

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    Comment #14250442

    Thimble io | Marketing Director | Buffalo, NY | Onsite | Full time What we do: Thimble teaches beginners the basics of building electronics by providing a monthly subscription kit …

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    Comment #14250109

    Thimble.io | Marketing Director | Buffalo, NY | Onsite | Full time What we do: Thimble teaches beginners the basics of building electronics by providing a monthly subscription kit …

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    Thoughts on monthly kits for learning electronics with a companion learning app?

    Hi, my name’s Oscar. I’ve been messing around with electronics for most of my life (early 30s) and have served as a robotics mentor for both students and adults. A couple buddies o…

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    Comment #9330204

    thanks for the reply. I'll be networking once I'm out there. Just looking to get a head start. I'm also willing to connect before any intro's are made.

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    Ask HN: Anyone know of a decent startup lawyer?

    Hi all, Does anyone know of a decent startup lawyer in the Bay Area? I'm in NY but moving out west and want to can my current one because all I seem to get are bills and very littl…

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    Comment #8735886

    Z80 Labs - Buffalo, NY Hi all, I'm Oscar and I'm the founder of GradFly, "Elance for open hardware projects". This started a year ago out of Startup Weekend where we were finalists…

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    Comment #8733140

    Thanks Ashleyreddy. Prototyping and 3D printed parts are exactly where we want to go with the idea. When you used Elance, were you the person posting the project? What was the iter…

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    Elance for hardware: yay or nay?

    Hi there, Just doing a little bit of customer discovery for a site I'd like to launch based on some feedback I received for a previous idea. (which wasn't so hot.) Basically, hardw…

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    Comment #8727951

    This is true. I haven't checked out the podcasts - will definitely do that! The only other idea I've been tinkering with is an 'Elance for hardware' type of gig where hardware and …

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    Comment #8724562

    I'm a startup founder myself and someone once told me that no one will run a startup like the founder himself, especially in the beginning. I've taken this advice to heart because …

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    Comment #8723226

    Thanks ASquare, I'm actually in the midst of reading that one right now. It really breaks things down nicely!

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    Comment #8723221

    Thanks for the comment. Are you in any one of these circles within the Venn diagram? Any particular pain points that come to mind? Just exploring.

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    Comment #8721225

    thank you! Will change that!

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    Comment #8721222

    thanks a ton! yeah, I agree with you. The site will change to become more of a community. Right now, I'm just testing landing pages and playing with different messages. I also grow…

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    Thanks for your input and links to these sites. I hadn't thought about stack exchange but definitely some good traffic on there. I think what I really want to do is spend some time…

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    Comment #8719484

    You definitely want exposure to all types of resources and I find that being in a bigger city allows you do that. I'm currently a medium-sized fish in a small pond and it's still h…

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    Comment #8719448

    Thanks for sharing! I'm familiar with a few of the customer development stuff but I'll be going through the list tonight to learn a bit more. I'm trying to get to a point where I'm…

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    Comment #8718731

    thanks for posting. Will definitely be reaching out to Michael!

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    I agree, I'm planning on changing that real soon! Thanks!

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    Is my startup idea solving a real need out there?

    howdy, I recently launched a website this past spring (www.gradfly.co) to narrow the gap between hardware and software developers. It's a pivot from another concept we were working…

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    Comment #8397262

    GradFly -- Software Engineer -- Buffalo, NY -- www.gradfly.co About us: GradFly is a repository for hardware projects kind of like github is for code. STEM students, inventors, tin…