The Startup Reinventing Invention Kits The K12 Engineering Education Podcast

What are the trends in educational kids' toys today? How can programming kits be
improved? How does an education business start and succeed? Entrepreneur Joseph
Greer in Chicago discusses these issues as he describes his STEM education
startup, MakeXchange, and its "Invention Lab" Arduino kit. The kit was designed
to be more user-friendly and more organized than other Arduino kits. This is the
start of Joseph's goal to make the number one STEM education consumer product
company. ***For a limited time this November, use the discount code
K12ENGINEERING10 AT MakeXchange.com for a 10% discount. Related to this episode:
• MakeXchange: https://www.makexchange.com/ • MakeXchange Inventor's Kit:
https://www.makexchange.com/collections/the-goods/products/electronics-invention-lab
• Toy Insider Holiday Gift Guide for Tweens:
https://www.thetoyinsider.com/holiday_guide/tweens/ • Arduino:
https://www.arduino.cc/ • Ohm's Law: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohm%27s_law •
Accenture, consulting corporation: https://www.accenture.com/ • Marc Andreessen:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Andreessen • Shawshank Redemption film
spoilers: https://youtu.be/5y_O094dGDU • Lego Mindstorms robotics kits:
https://www.lego.com/en-us/mindstorms • MakeXchange Paper Airplane Launcher kit:
https://www.makexchange.com/collections/the-goods/products/diy-paper-airplane-launcher-accessory
• mHub Chicago, startup incubator: https://mhubchicago.com/ • Fat Brain Toys:
https://www.fatbraintoys.com/ • My Science Shop: https://myscienceshop.com/ •
MakeXchange YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC61eOn-djaK8ubdxzaRWfVA • Sparkiverse STEM
education company: https://www.sparkiverselabs.com/ • Raspberry Pi computer:
https://www.raspberrypi.org/ • Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
at the University of Chicago: https://polsky.uchicago.edu/ Our closing music is
"Yes And" by Steve Combs, used under a Creative Commons Attribution License:
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