Bill From Vegas checks in with some links to 3D printers -
Below are some companies that offer 3D printing:
http://i.materialise.com/
http://www.sculpteo.com/en/
http://www.shapeways.com/123d_welcome
https://www.ponoko.com/
Now this is another advance in technology, like the internet, which must be understood properly to be exploited properly. 3D printing changes nothing about business, it only shortens the time frame and lowers the cost of sampling.
Fedex only lowered the cost and shortened the time frame of small package shipping.
The internet only lowered the cost and widened access to communicationa dn research.
What people might think is this changes everything, and bet on that. Product development and marketing are one. You have no product without customers. Prototypes are not products, excitement is not orders from customers.
Just because samples are cheap and fast does not mean they are any good. Still have to communicate, test, listen etc.
I am delighted to see this development advance so far so fast. It will make it faster to start-up, but you still have to start up the old fashioned way. What problem will you solve?
Feel free to forward this by email to three of your friends.
Below are some companies that offer 3D printing:
http://i.materialise.com/
http://www.sculpteo.com/en/
http://www.shapeways.com/123d_welcome
https://www.ponoko.com/
Now this is another advance in technology, like the internet, which must be understood properly to be exploited properly. 3D printing changes nothing about business, it only shortens the time frame and lowers the cost of sampling.
Fedex only lowered the cost and shortened the time frame of small package shipping.
The internet only lowered the cost and widened access to communicationa dn research.
What people might think is this changes everything, and bet on that. Product development and marketing are one. You have no product without customers. Prototypes are not products, excitement is not orders from customers.
Just because samples are cheap and fast does not mean they are any good. Still have to communicate, test, listen etc.
I am delighted to see this development advance so far so fast. It will make it faster to start-up, but you still have to start up the old fashioned way. What problem will you solve?
Feel free to forward this by email to three of your friends.
1 comments:
3D printing could be useful for making "rough" sample products for initial market testing and product research. It could help us fail fast and earlier much faster and earlier, thereby less wasting of our time and resources. I'm not sure how good 3D printing is now, but it could be better for the first test products for showing to retailers and getting orders, before we start contacting manufacturers and suppliers.
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