Bankrupt Maker Faire revives, reduced to Make Community

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
laid off all 22 employees and shut down last month, as first reported by TechCrunch
off staffers with his own money
company is already working on a new issue of Make Magazine that it will hope to publish quarterly (down from six times per year) and the
online archives of its do-it-yourself project guides will remain available
I hopes to keep publishing books
workshops in 40 countries
3rd, we basically stopped doing business
recording made by attendee Brian Benchoff
generating revenue and a magazine again
DoughertyThe immediate plan is to announce a new membership model next week at Make.co where hobbyists and craft-lovers can pay a monthly or
annual fee to become patrons of Make Community
together since 2005
He does hope to get the next Make Magazine issue out by the end of summer or early fall, and existing subscribers should get it in the
mail.The company is still determining whether to move forward as a non-profit or co-op instead of as a venture-backed for-profit as before
Ventures, Raine Ventures, and Floodgate
That could make VCs weary of putting more cash into a questionable business model