Nick Pinkston

Nick Pinkston

San Francisco, California, United States
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About

I've spent my entire career building companies to make hardware as easy as software. I'm…

Experience

  • Volition Graphic

    Volition

    San Francisco, CA

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    San Francisco Bay Area

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    Pittsburgh, PA

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Education

Projects

  • r/HWStartups

    - Present

    I created the sub-Reddit for hardware startups that currently has over 18K members.

    See project

  • Hardware Startup Meetups

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    I organize a series of Hardware Startup Meetups in the US and beyond. The idea is to organize the hardware startup movement with local meetings so that people have a hub to show what they're doing and meet others in the movement.

    See project

  • The Maker Map

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    The Maker Map is an ongoing open source project which aims to create a global database of maker resources - from workspaces to incubators - which is powered by the maker community and easily searchable on any device. (If you would like to help you can start by mapping a resource, joining the project discussion or checking out the map source on github!)

    Other creators
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Honors & Awards

  • Obama Whitehouse: Maker to Manufacturer

    Obama Whitehouse Office of Science and Tech Policy

    I was invited to give a talk at the Whitehouse on my ideas for future workforce development based on our experience doing this at Plethora and some futurism on where this might be going. See deck below.

    https://www.slideshare.net/nickpinkston/selftraining-jobs-interfaces-that-teach-whitehouse-maker-to-manufacturer-event

  • Forbes 30 Under 30 - Manufacturing

    Forbes 30 Under 30

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