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Does it strike you as odd that the guys who seem to be the "makers" are dead last on Carbon's about page? http://carbon3d.com/about/ http://carbon3d.com/about
by chrisbennet 12y ago
Does it strike you as odd that the guys who seem to be the "makers" are dead last on Carbon's about page?
http://carbon3d.com/about/ http://carbon3d.com/about/
- tdaltonc 12y agoDepending on how they're handling the "tech transfer", they might not actually have much to do with the company. A lot of academics prefer to keep being academics and just collect their royalty checks.
- chrisbennet 12y agoYes, that would make sense. The 2 "makers" are listed under "North Carolina Office" and seem to be academics.
- exelius 12y agoNot at all. Carbon is a company; and building a company is just as difficult as building a technology (though a totally different skill set). It's not that engineers aren't important, but they shouldn't be running the company. It's not the skill they have cultivated. They do still probably have a significant equity stake, so all is not lost.
- chrisbennet 12y agoI don't disagree that engineers bring a different skill set to the mix. The last thing you might want is engineers or scientists running a young company - though Microsoft, Google, Facebook, HP, Honda, Fairchild, Porsche, etc. turned out OK. ;-) I just find it odd that Dr. Alex Ermoshkin the co-founder is listed somewhere after "Head of Customer Engagement" for example. I just noticed that they are listed under the heading "North Carolina Office" and not "Leadership Team" so perhaps it is a simple as academics wanting to stay in academia.
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- exelius 12y agoYeah, that's what I would guess. Many academics simply have no interest in running a business (often because they've tried and found that engineering is more fun).
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