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I was very interested until I saw this blog post: http://glowforge.com/our-new-advisor-jennifer-lawton/ http://glowforge.com/our-new-advisor-jennifer-lawton/

• ceejayoz 11y ago
  > If you have been following the whole Makerbot Industries (and then Stratasys) debacle, seeing the name of Jennifer Lawton might give you pause. For those of us who haven't been, can you give a TL;DR version of why this is significant?
  • bborud 11y ago
    The TL;DR is that she was part of creating a toxic environment within the company, shipped a product they knew was defective (Makerbot fifth generation), misled the shareholders (of Stratasys) and ultimately cost Stratasys hundreds of millions. For the slightly longer version the class action lawsuit conatins a lot more detail: http://www.adafruit.com/pdfs/makerbot/classaction.pdf http://www.adafruit.com/pdfs/makerbot/classaction.pdf You can also check out Glassdoor reviews: http://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Makerbot-Reviews-E480203.htm http://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Makerbot-Reviews-E480203.ht... I can confirm that the Makerbot 5gen is a defective product. We have one at the office gathering dust after trying to make it work for a few months. It is beyond hope.
    • ansible 11y ago
      ... shipped a product they knew was defective (Makerbot fifth generation) ... Yikes. Clogged extruders and many software problems: http://nicklievendag.com/makerbot-replicator-5th-generation-review/ http://nicklievendag.com/makerbot-replicator-5th-generation-...
• avoutthere 11y ago
  Thanks for the heads-up about this.