How One Company Became The Etsy Of The Tech World

Photo: Courtesy of Grand St. When Amanda Peyton, Joe Lallouz, and Aaron Henshaw set out to develop a hardware project in 2012, they didn't know it would become one of the coolest indie electronics shops on the web. But, in just a few short years, Grand St. has grown from a niche, flash-sale site for nifty gadgets to a cool online tech marketplace -- so cool it caught the attention of Etsy, which acquired them. While Etsy used to be associated mostly with scrabble tile jewelry and things made of ...