I made a million dollar product from my dorm room (2025)

Posted by mattrighetti 21 hours ago

I made a million dollar product from my dorm room (2025)(nick.winans.io)

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Enivel 15 hours ago|

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fragmede 18 hours ago|

> both of these new boards that popped up are advertised as nice!nanos and are shipped with the exact same firmware I use on the nice!nano, so when someone plugs it in, it says it’s a nice!nano.

Trademark dispute is the way to go. Since there were no stories about an onerous amount of returns of clones to the author, probably not worth it, but returns of clones is why it financially makes sense and not just to enrich lawyers.

spaqin 16 hours ago|

That's gonna be tough; as author mentioned, they're made and sold primarily in China, for 3$ a piece (no wonder they're popular). The clones also have a different PCB design (it doesn't say nice!nano on it), so they're not that easily mistaken.

fragmede 15 hours ago||

The author is incentivized to go after companies in his country selling the clones.