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Bradosaur · 2013-01-17 16:55:55+00:00

There are hardware incubators. Lemnos Labs is the one I can think of off-hand.

vaksel | karma 27916 | avg karma 5.03 · | 2008-11-13 00:42:45

incubators

icinnamon | karma 422 | avg karma 4.1 · | 2016-10-27 06:33:21

Precisely. I'm asking if other hard-tech incubators exist at Stanford (and others)...

morgante | karma 703 | avg karma 0.17 · | 2017-03-06 23:17:14+00:00

There are lots of incubators which do this, Betaworks being one of the better known.

onedev | karma 2225 | avg karma 3.24 · | 2012-08-22 01:08:31+00:00

A startup incubator?

DanBC2 | karma 211 | avg karma 2.74 · | 2013-01-17 16:08:13+00:00

Hardware incubator sounds like a really good idea.

Many people are not interested in funding hardware projects at all - hardware just has a lousy reputation.

But having a hardware incubator means you concentrate expertise in all the stuff that's traditionally thought to be hard about hardware. Things like suppliers and distribution and stock control and sub-contracting etc etc.

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necrecious | karma 307 | avg karma 2.34 · | 2010-05-07 15:35:12

I thought there was some startup labs and incubator spaces around here?

I keep hearing about something like it at OpenCoffee and Mass Inno.

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toisanji | karma 888 | avg karma 2.29 · | 2014-11-07 07:54:40

would love to see examples of other companies being built like this. This could be built as an incubator.

jlees | karma 3660 | avg karma 2.76 · | 2011-05-10 21:11:34+00:00

That's what early stage pre-incubators like Founder Labs are aiming at.

revorad | karma 20720 | avg karma 5.37 · | 2014-03-30 17:44:58+00:00

Not quite what you're looking for, but recently, someone tried an online incubator idea called nreduce - http://joshschwartzman.com/#/nreduce/

I think they shut it down eventually. Find more in old discussions - https://hn.algolia.com/?q=nreduce#!/story/forever/0/nreduce

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marban | karma 26745 | avg karma 6.48 · | 2022-05-21 02:04:06

Can you further define? Sounds like you're looking for an incubator.

sycren | karma 285 | avg karma 0.98 · | 2013-08-28 09:53:40

Startup incubators?

pg | karma 157316 | avg karma 14.62 · | 2008-03-10 22:32:10

I didn't consider old-style incubators because as far as I know there aren't any left. At least, I can't think of any startups that came out of one.

rms | karma 22600 | avg karma 3.32 · | 2009-09-05 01:13:05

http://www.plugandplaytechcenter.com/ is one incubator that is alive and kicking. They don't pass ideas to residents though, they're a real estate company and based on what they charge for a cubicle I think they're doing just fine.

babul | karma 1580 | avg karma 2.38 · | 2008-05-10 01:51:57+00:00

It seems everyone is creating an incubator these days.

bravado | karma 1 | avg karma 1.0 · | 2015-07-01 01:32:27+00:00

There is a chance I am familiar with the incubator you refer to and I am a software engineer who has had similar experiences in the past. Please send me an email at hnthrowaway@forward.cat if you'd like to connect and to see if there is any way I can help.

Mrinal | karma 255 | avg karma 4.4 · | 2009-01-23 08:34:24+00:00

Plug and Play incubator for startups

Woshiwuja | karma 101 | avg karma 0.41 · | 2023-08-24 04:38:11

You are asking this in an incubator backed website lol

Nassrat | karma -1 | avg karma -0.11 · | 2010-01-18 16:37:41+00:00

I think what you are looking for is to incubate startups

sosodev | karma 1791 | avg karma 3.49 · | 2024-01-11 16:13:49

How is this an incubator? It sounds like a contracting company that sells you shovelware for a huge discount.