* Erik Kettenburg, Founder, Digistump * David Merrill, Cofounder, Sifteo * Nathan Seidle, CEO, SparkFun Electronics * Laen, Founder, OSH Park * Zach Kaplan, Founder and CEO, Inventables * Emile Petrone, Founder, Tindie * bunnie Huang, Founder, bunnie studios * Natan Linder, Founder, FormLabs * Ben Heck, Host, The Ben Heck Show * Becky Stern, Director of Wearable Electronics, Adafruit Industries * Eric Stackpole, Cofounder, OpenROV * Eben Upton, Founder, Raspberry Pi Foundation * Catarina Mota, Founder, OpenMaterials.org * Ward Cunningham, Inventor, Wiki * Jeri Ellsworth, Founder, Technical Illusions * Sylvia Todd, Maker, Sylvia's Super Awesome Maker Show! * Dave Jones, Host, EEVBlog * Bre Pettis, CEO, MakerBot * Eric Migicovsky, CEO, Pebble Technology * Ian Lesnet, Slashdot Troll, Dangerous Prototypes * Massimo Banzi, Cofounder, Arduino
Steven Osborn is a serial start-up entrepreneur, software hacker, and hardware enthusiast. In 2009 he co-founded a mobile messaging company called Urban Airship (urbanairship.com) that powers thousands of mobile applications on iPhone and Android for companies like Starbucks, Redbox, and ESPN. More recently he co-founded Smart Mocha (smartmocha.com), a company combining cloud services and digital sensor network technology. In his spare time, he enjoys participating in triathlons, baking bread, traveling, and spending time with his family. Steven lives in Portland, Oregon, with his wife, Jenny, and son, Theo. He is also an accomplished Guitar Hero rock star and Army veteran.
From the book reviews:“This volume offers a collection of interviews between Osborn, a technology start-up entrepreneur, and professionals whom he describes as being part of the ‘maker movement.’ … Osborn has compiled a notable collection of interviews with very impressive interviewees. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates through graduate students, two-year technical program students, practitioners, and general audience.” (C. J. Kohen, Choice, Vol. 52 (4), December, 2014)
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