[Noisebridge-discuss] Bolt: Helping Hardware Startups

Robert Han roberthan818 at gmail.com
Tue Apr 23 19:08:28 UTC 2013


If anyone is interested in meeting bolt.io folks in person. They will be in
SF on Friday : http://www.meetup.com/HardwareStartupSF/events/112502942/
On Apr 23, 2013 12:04 PM, "Andy Isaacson" <adi at hexapodia.org> wrote:

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