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Search Engine for Parts Flourishes After Ph.D Dropouts Buckle Down

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While you wouldn’t think a search engine for electronic parts, with the name “Octopart” nonetheless, could have a warm-and-fuzzy story, it does when told by Michael Arrington for TechCrunch. It goes like this: Two physics Ph.D students drop out of school to pursue the worthy goal of making parts easier to find and buy. READ MORE »