Kristen Smith has spent a lot of time creating just the right spaces for making. In her years working on spaces with Kohl’s, FabCafe, and now littleBits, she’s crafted experiences to get people excited about hardware, and using their creativity in new and innovative ways. We talk about what makes a good makerspace, what the behind-the-scenes of one looks like, and how she leveraged her liberal arts degrees to make the tech world more accessible.
Show Links
- Braintree (sponsor)
- Linode (sponsor)
- Dev Bootcamp (sponsor)
- Nobuhiro Nob Seki
- FabCafe
- Kohl’s Design It! Lab
- Discovery World
- MOMA
- Denver Art Museum
- Jenny Lawton
- Autodesk
- Pier 9
- Kate McAndrew
- Bolt VC
- littleBits
Shoutouts
- Sponsored Shoutout: Dev Bootcamp (Saron)
- Sponsored Shoutout: Braintree click for your first $50,000 in transactions fee-free (Saron)
- Sponsored Shoutout: Linode promo code “CodeNewbie20” for $20 credit (Saron)
- NYCEDC Next Top Maker (Kristen)
- MAKE: Getting Started with littleBits (Kristen)
- 16 Women You Need to Know About (Who Founded Hardware/Software Startups) (Saron)
- Little Bits community (Saron)
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