Customized jewelry is one of my targets with Bold Machines.
I feel like I've lived a life of making mistakes and learning from them and doing my best to only make each mistake once.
You can go from creating the design on your iPad to making the object on your MakerBot.
I like to make things. It's been part of my identity since I was a kid.
You learn so much by having customers and figuring out what they want and keeping them satisfied.
Most people don't feel empowered to make CAD models. The MakerBot Digitizer solves that problem.
We raised $10 million in 2011. Our rule was, we wouldn't accept money from anybody we didn't want to have dinner with.
I talked to a guy who has old cars, and there are parts that don't exist any more. So he makes radio dial knobs for obscure cars.
Our intention is that people use MakerBots to have a positive impact on the world.
We wanted people to 3-D-print anything, not just more 3-D printers.
We have always moved with this approach of sharing and educating people with what they can unlock with 3D printing.
That's the beauty of living in New York City is that a good chunk of the media is here and willing to drink with you.
