I'm pleased to announce Crowd Supply has been acquired by Mouser Electronics. After pouring years of effort into Crowd Supply, we are all very proud of what we've built, so we took the decision to join Mouser very seriously.
In the next 20 years, the notion of a secure, verifiable identity will be the killer app that drives the adoption of crowdfunded open hardware.
A busy 2016 focused on open hardware, hacker-friendly, and privacy-protecting projects has led to the Crowd Supply Proclamation of User Rights.
If you've ever seen Prototype This! on Discovery Channel, or remember L0pht Heavy Industries, you're probably familiar with Joe Grand, aka "Kingpin". We're also lucky to have him as an advisor here at Crowd Supply. We sat down with Joe at SXSW to chat hardware hacking, kids, and his thoughts on the state of computer security.
We’re proud to say that we now have the endorsement of Richard Stallman and the Free Software Foundation for respecting the freedom of backers and consumers purchasing new hardware products on the Crowd Supply platform.
Setting your campaign's funding goal is one of the biggest decisions you will make before your campaign launches. Luckily, there's exactly one correct way to set your goal: ask for what you need.
Crowd Supply publicly launched exactly six months ago today. It’s been a non-stop ride ever since, but we’ll pause long enough to retrospect a bit, as well as look forward to what’s coming.
Welcome to Crowd Supply. Fundamentally, our focus is on products. Things. We are a store, one where new ideas cross over the threshold from the ethereal to the real, at the behest of those who want them.