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24 alternatives to Smart People Should Build Things: Ben Young and Frederick Kukelhaus, Co-Founders of Hugo & Hoby

On bringing furniture design & manufacturing back home

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Smart People Should Build Things: Ben Young and Frederick Kukelhaus, Co-Founders of Hugo & Hoby launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Smart People Should Build Things - Jon Stein, Founder & CEO of Betterment▲63
Technology to transform our relationship with our finances
2016 · its alternatives →
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Smart People Should Build Things: Christine Hunsicker, CEO at Gwynnie Bee▲64
On disrupting the apparel industry in an untapped market
2016 · its alternatives →
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Smart People Should Build Things: Andrew Lowenthal, Executive Director of Out in Tech▲53
On tech as a lever for social change
2016 · its alternatives →
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Smart People Should Build Things: Ben Uyeda, Co-Founder of Zero Energy Design & HomeMade Modern▲60
On building a thoughtful and personally-driven career
2016 · its alternatives →
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Smart People Should Build Things: Wiley Cerilli, Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Good Uncle▲58
On seeing windows in a windowless building
2016 · its alternatives →
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How to Build the Future: Mark Zuckerberg▲461
The first episode in Y Combinator's new podcast series
2016 · its alternatives →
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Smart People Should Build Things: Nancy Lublin, Founder & CEO of Crisis Text Line▲64
Tech companies solving problems through products, not people
2016 · its alternatives →
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The Internet of Things Business Primer▲91
A product manager's how-to guide to build an IoT Business
2015 · its alternatives →
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Smart People Should Build Things; Conversation with Martin Keen, Founder & CEO of Focal Upright Furniture▲61
from designing shoes to chairs—standing isn't the answer
2016 · its alternatives →
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Product People ▲239
Podcast focused on great products and their makers
2014 · its alternatives →
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Smart People Should Build Things - Evan Brandoff & Zubin Teherani, Co-Founders of LeagueSide▲63
On connecting youth sports teams with corporate sponsors
2016 · its alternatives →
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Dwell▲267
A social network for the design-obsessed
2016 · its alternatives →
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Smart People Should Build Things: Erik Schreter, Co-Founder & CEO of Venwise▲67
On building support groups for founders
2016 · its alternatives →
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Smart People Should Build Things: Steven Mazur, Co-Founder & CEO of Ash & Anvil▲61
On creating shirts for short guys
2016 · its alternatives →
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Interview with Peter Diamandis (XPrize)▲71
What our future will look like once AI outsmarts humans :)
2017 · its alternatives →
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Growth Kung Fu: Kyle Ellicott, founder of ReadWrite Labs▲61
"The biggest opportunity in IoT"
2017 · its alternatives →
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Homation▲127
Easy way to create a Smart Home with constructor
2023 · its alternatives →
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Welle▲184
Turn any surface into a smart interface
2017 · its alternatives →
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Smart People Should Build Things: Glen Coates, CEO & Founder of Handshake▲59
On building a company w 1 day of business school education
2016 · its alternatives →
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Go For Launch: How to Invent New Products▲64
An Interview with Louis Foreman of Enventys
2016 · its alternatives →
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Gibbon 2.0▲197
Make your team smarter: Share knowledge with your colleagues
2015 · its alternatives →
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Smart People Should Build Things: Charlie Kroll & Sallie Krawcheck, Co-Founders of Ellevest▲61
On the high cost of the gender investing gap
2017 · its alternatives →
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Smart People Should Build Things: Toby Hervey, General Manager & Founding Team Member at Pager▲54
On the value of persistence
2016 · its alternatives →
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Smart People Should Build Things: Daniel Chait, Co-Founder & CEO of Greenhouse▲60
On revolutionizing hiring through tech
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