<p dir="ltr">If anyone is interested in meeting <a href="http://bolt.io">bolt.io</a> folks in person. They will be in SF on Friday : <a href="http://www.meetup.com/HardwareStartupSF/events/112502942/">http://www.meetup.com/HardwareStartupSF/events/112502942/</a></p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Apr 23, 2013 12:04 PM, "Andy Isaacson" <<a href="mailto:adi@hexapodia.org">adi@hexapodia.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
I vacillated on approving this post (Chris isn't a subscriber so his<br>
first post got held for moderation). Bolt is a for profit thing,<br>
agreed, which we generally don't shill for around here. But several<br>
useful hardware startups have come out of Noisebridge, and there is<br>
general good to encouraging useful industry, and Bolt could very well<br>
mean the difference between "good idea but failed" and "success" for a<br>
Noisebridge member's new company.<br>
<br>
I wouldn't approve this for -announce but as -discuss is open for<br>
discussion I felt it met a fairly high bar of "interesting",<br>
"relevant", and "written to our audience" justifying an approval.<br>
<br>
Or maybe I'm just feeling magnanimous today, who knows.<br>
<br>
-andy<br>
<br>
On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 11:58:59AM -0700, Ronald Cotoni wrote:<br>
> This is off topic man. Please don't post this to our list.<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 10:39 AM, Chris Quintero <<a href="mailto:chris@bolt.io">chris@bolt.io</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> > Would you mind forwarding this to anyone else you know who may be<br>
> > interested?<br>
> > *[image: Inline image 1]<br>
> > *<br>
> > *Hardware is hard. Bolt makes it easier.<br>
> > *<br>
> > Bolt is a Boston based, 6-month intensive program designed to help<br>
> > hardware startups grow. Bolt will soon select 10-15 early stage hardware<br>
> > companies and provide them with:<br>
> ><br>
> > - Seed Capital - every team receives enough capital to get through the<br>
> > program<br>
> > - Tools - 24x7 access to our 4,000 sqft high-end prototyping shop (in<br>
> > addition to 4,500 sqft office space)<br>
> > - Staff - a full-time, seasoned mechanical, electrical, and industrial<br>
> > design staff devoted to helping develop your products<br>
> > - Manufacturing - our team has manufactured tens of millions of units<br>
> > and are here to ensure your first production run goes smoothly<br>
> > - Commercialization - whether you need to raise VC or would like<br>
> > introductions to retail buyers, our team and network help you every step of<br>
> > the way<br>
> ><br>
> > Bolt is supported by a community of angel investors and mentors that are<br>
> > excited about hardware. Many have built big physical product businesses,<br>
> > including:<br>
> ><br>
> > - Mick Mountz (founder of Kiva Systems)<br>
> > - Eran Egozy (co-founder of Harmonix Music Systems)<br>
> > - Brad Feld (managing director of Foundry Group and co-founder of Tech<br>
> > Stars)<br>
> ><br>
> > Applications are now open and are due by May 22nd! More info at <a href="http://bolt.io" target="_blank">bolt.io</a><<a href="http://bit.ly/YzCkQa" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/YzCkQa</a>>.<br>
> > Email <a href="mailto:info@bolt.io">info@bolt.io</a> with questions.<br>
> ><br>
> > --<br>
> > Chris Quintero<br>
> > Program Manager<br>
> > <a href="http://www.bolt.io" target="_blank">www.bolt.io</a><br>
> ><br>
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