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MakerBot CEO Bre Pettis Steps Down
- guiambros 12y agoI hope this will be good for Bre. He's a good guy, did a great job bootstrapping an entire 3D printing industry, and made a small fortune in the process. I still remember him at Gnomedex 5-6 years ago, chatting with a handful of folks about the vision of a crowdsourced manufacturing line of printed objects, when the first MakerBot was still in beta. We're not there yet, but he got pretty close to the vision. For those interested, strongly recommend watching the documentary Print The Legend [1]. Seems it'll be on Netflix later this year. I watched the premiere at the last sxsw, and it painted a colorful (and somewhat bittersweet) picture of what happened behind the scenes with Bre, MakerBot, and its main competitors. Can't say much more without giving any spoilers. [1] http://printthefilm.com/ http://printthefilm.com/
- guiambros 12y agoFrom the 3D Print post[2]: “We have exciting news to announce about Bre. Now that we have a team in place to carry on with MakerBot and continuing to move Full Speed Ahead, Bre is launching a new initiative (separate from MakerBot), The Innovation Workshop, with Robert Steiner, Liz Randel and Aljosa Kempele, to showcase what is possible with MakerBot, Stratasys and Solidscape 3D printers. I can’t wait to see what they make … and for the launch party!” [2] http://3dprint.com/14012/makerbot-ceo-bre-pettis/ http://3dprint.com/14012/makerbot-ceo-bre-pettis/