Show HN: New Sub-Reddit for Hardware Startups
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#2I'd love to get any feedback you guys have on this!
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#3This is a terrific idea! Consider me a subscriber already and hopefully a contributor soon too!
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#4This is a terrific idea! Consider me a subscriber already and hopefully a contributor soon too!
Awesome dude - please do contribute! I seeded it and will continue to, but of course it's all about the community we've got to build.
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#5I'm not sure what the needs of the Hardware startup community are but I'm not a fan of the super specific subreddits. /r/startups isn't really that subscribed or busy, why not just post articles there?
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#6I'm not sure what the needs of the Hardware startup community are but I'm not a fan of the super specific subreddits. /r/startups isn't really that subscribed or busy, why not just post articles there?
Yea, this is fair point, but if you saw what we're seeing in HardwareLand, you'd see that we very underrepresented and feel VERY different from the standard startup crowd.
There's some similarities that HN does very well on - general lean startup stuff, etc., but HN will never be a community that up-votes "How to manufacture in China" type articles more than "How to Deploy X web stack in Y way" ones.
Re: Show HN: New Sub-Reddit for Hardware Startups
#7Yes. we need a Sub-Reddit for HW startups. Good job!
Re: Show HN: New Sub-Reddit for Hardware Startups
#8I'm not sure what the needs of the Hardware startup community are but I'm not a fan of the super specific subreddits. /r/startups isn't really that subscribed or busy, why not just post articles there?
It's a control issue. If you start a new subreddit, you "own" that subreddit, and can control posts etc. Also, since you're a mod, your posts garner more attention.
Re: Show HN: New Sub-Reddit for Hardware Startups
#9Exciting! I'm glad you are trying to start something up. Maybe a more dedicated site would foster a stronger community later down the line. Are there any existing places that do this?
Re: Show HN: New Sub-Reddit for Hardware Startups
#10Exciting! I'm glad you are trying to start something up. Maybe a more dedicated site would foster a stronger community later down the line. Are there any existing places that do this?
Yea, I'm with you. I'm actually an awful web developer, so I figured I'd gauge interest with a sub-Reddit. There's a ton of room for resources (see below).
On July 30th in SF I'm organizing an "Map-a-thon" to put together a hardware resources map (like where to buy electronics, metal, etc. locally) for the SF area using a simple gMaps embed and some KMLs.
There also needs to be a "CrunchBase for hardware" because no one tags things "hardware" - it's always "fitness", "maker" or whatever category they're targeting.
We're also doing a survey soon to get some case studies on how people are building these companies.
Finally, we're looking at putting together a knowledge base for how to make things like "How to Design for Injection Molding" - etc. It's easy to find "How to Build X in Rails" tutorials - we need the same for our community.