The rise of the maker movement signifies the democratization of innovation resources that diminishes the disproportionate distribution of technological resources and empowers amateur hobbyists to engage in innovative activities. Innovators' communities like makerspaces have enabled user-driven innovation to become accessible all around the globe. Makerspaces, which act as a platform for innovators to forge an open community through gathering, exchange resources, sharing ideas, initiating collaborative projects, may exist as a physical site with a fixed location or an online community for open-source intellectual commons. By facilitating individuals' tinkering, innovating, and socializing activities, not only have makerspaces bred user innovation and opportunities for commercialization, but they have also become the cradle of entrepreneurship. For understanding entrepreneurship derived from user innovation, prior economics research and technology policy literature have commonly acknowledged the importance of the democratized innovation resources and the amateur enthusiasts' technology-oriented communities.
Nevertheless, little empirical work has explored how makers' communities may trigger opportunity discovery and amateur innovators' entrepreneurship. Drawing upon the institutional economists' view of common-pool resources, this study investigates the multidimensionality of resources in innovators' communities and how they influence the amateur hobbyists' entrepreneurial discovery and intentions to start a new venture. By testing on an international sample of 775 founders and active members of makerspaces in multiple countries, our results show that social and psychological resources play a crucial role in makers' entrepreneurial intentions through affecting their perception of market opportunities. Moreover, the community bonding mechanisms (i.e. identity construction and peer approval) are the catalysts for makers' entrepreneurial processes.

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