Building a Startup in Educational Robotics

Starting a business these days in educational hardware and software takes more than technology. Guest Connie Hu explains. Connie is the CEO and CoFounder of ArcBotics, an educational robotics company. Previously she advised top global nonprofit leaders on strategic planning and K12 STEM Education at The Bridgespan Group. She holds an honors degree in Anthropology from Dartmouth. Today host Pius Wong talks with Connie about how ArcBotics got started, the philosophy of open-source tech, relationships with teachers in the nonprofit and commercial worlds, and how back in the day she found programming loops to be magical. Mentioned in this episode: 

● ArcBotics Sparki: http://ArcBotics.com/products/sparki 

● ArcBotics Sparki 60-Day Educator Trial: http://arcbotics.com/sparkieducatortrial/ 

● The Bridgespan Group: https://www.bridgespan.org/Home.aspx 

Our opening music comes from "School Zone (radio edit)" by The Honorable Sleaze, and our closing music is from "Late for School" by Bleeptor. Both are used under Creative Commons Attribution Licenses: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Subscribe and find more podcast information at: http://www.k12engineering.net/ A transcript for this episode is at: http://www.k12engineering.net/transcripts/ep12.html