Talk:Business Plan

Still like this stuff even though it doesn't fit currently:

Idea

We reject cubicles, offices, partitions, and silos.

We are a community workshop which promotes Do-It-Yourself science and education and prides ourselves on application -in addition- to theory.

Industry

Sparkfun 1,000,000 widget! over 10+ million in revenue

Adafruit Over 1+ million in revenue

BeagleBoard over 1 million in revenue Arduino over 150K sold over 1 million in revenue

LiquidWare over 1+ million in revenue

Makerbot over 1 million in revenue

Makershed over 1+ million in revenue

Parallax Over 1+ million in revenue http://www.slideshare.net/adafruit/open-source-hardware-foo-camp-east-2010-3995472

Make Magazine, January 2005 first issue 60,000 first year http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/12/opinion/12sun3.html?_r=1 Guaranteed paid circulation: 125,000 Total readership: 250,000 Distribution: 300,000 http://makezine.com/advertise/

Makerfaire 2006 San Mateo 22,000 2007 Bay Area 45,000, Austin TX 2008 San Mateo 65,000 people, Austin Tx 2009 Bay Area 78,000, New York, Detroit, UK Newcastle upon Tyne, Rhode island 2010 North Carolina, Detroit, New York, Bay Area attendance estimated 160,000 http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CBYQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmakezine.com%2Fimages%2Fadvertise%2FSellSheets2010-MakerFaire.pdf&rct=j&q=makerfaire%20attendence&ei=Imd-TYf0CY71rAHYvqDmBQ&usg=AFQjCNE3GyvCtALBIJmC5XKHvP7MVizmUg&sig2=CExASrwXBGq6hOqMM9HxGw&cad=rja 2011 UK, San Mateo, North Carolina, Vancouver, Detroit, New York

Hackerspaces by the numbers Interesting if not academic and slightly messy http://extreme.ajatukseni.net/2010/07/19/hackerspaces-members-and-involvement-survey-study/