ABOUT ANDREA CUADRA
(Published April 20, 2016) Andrea is currently a graduate student at Stanford School of design. After her graduation from Olin in 2013 with a degree in Interactive Design, she worked at a startup known as Hopper before co-founding a toy manufacturing and design company, Crazy Machine. Based in Nicaragua, they produced several games, including Misión Alien. She and her co-founder are now taking a break from the startup life in order to pursue master’s degrees at Stanford and Harvard. In her free time, Andrea enjoys club basketball, playing with her dog, and spending time with her friends.
Olin College Class of 2013
Major: Engineering: Interaction Design
Olin Activities: Club Basketball, Foundry, Por Supuesto, etc.
Known For: Cofounder of Crazy Machine
Interests: Basketball, Toy Design, Entrepreneurship
Places Worked: Hopper, Crazy Machine
Education: Olin, Stanford
CRAZY MACHINE
Started in February, 2014, Crazy Machine is a children’s toy company that Andrea cofounded with fellow Olin classmate Sam Yang. Working out of Nicaragua, Crazy Machine strives to “capture laughter and multiply it.” They have created several fun products over the course of the company including Blob, a programmable stuffed toy; Mixup!, an app where users unscramble words to improve their English; and Misión Alien, a game where kids are sent on a mission to capture aliens. In 2014, Crazy Machine won first place in the Hasbro Play Hack. Crazy Machine is currently on hold as Andrea and her cofounder finish graduate school at both Stanford and Harvard.
Initial prototype for Blob, a programmable toy wrapped inside a plushie.
Mixup! to help improve English skills
Misión Alien, all ready to be shipped out
