Bre Pettis
Bre Pettis
Bre Pettisis an American entrepreneur, video blogger and multi-artist. He is also known for DIY video podcasts for MAKE, and for the History Hacker pilot on the History Channel. He is one of the founders of the Brooklyn-based hacker space NYC Resistor...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
CountryUnited States of America
add compete education environment generation global next
For me, when you put a MakerBot in a school, you add a manufacturing education to the environment where I think we can really empower the next generation to compete in the global economy.
approach educating moved people sharing unlock
We have always moved with this approach of sharing and educating people with what they can unlock with 3D printing.
became father glow ham radio receiver remember vacuum
My father was a ham radio geek, and I remember the glow of the vacuum tubes from a Hammarlund receiver that became a hand-me-down to me.
amazement complex local model watched
I've watched with amazement as Local Motors has pioneered a co-creation and micro-manufacturing model that has democratized the development and production of complex machines, effectively transforming consumer choice from supply-driven to demand-driven.
best learning life lived mistakes
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.
decided met spot state
While at The Evergreen State College, I met Doranne Crable, and she was so dynamic and adventurous that I decided on the spot to take whatever she taught.
looked models saw
When we looked out at the world and saw what 3D scanners could do, we wanted to make something that could make really high quality models that you could create on your MakerBot.
building passing people sad technology
What I like on Kickstarter is when I see real innovation and I see people building something new. It makes me sad when I see things that are just the same technology; you aren't passing the technology forward.
conscious people possibilities share
We started MakerBot in 2009 and made a conscious decision to educate people with the possibilities they could do with 3D printing and share with people what is possible.
copies create focused involved money printers themselves
We got involved with the RepRap Project, a community focused on making 3-D printers that could make copies of themselves and help create a world without money. We started making prototypes.
buys cool desktop dollar stuff
If you want to be a person who buys stuff at the dollar store, you can be that person. If you want to make really cool stuff on your desktop and be the manufacturer, that is a lifestyle.
anybody million money raised rule
We raised $10 million in 2011. Our rule was, we wouldn't accept money from anybody we didn't want to have dinner with.
accomplishment done engines
Done is the engine of more.
waiting matter waiting-for-something
We already live in the futureit's not like we're waiting for something to happenit's just a matter of doing it.