EP#364: Product of many Imaginations

MEP EP#364: Product of many Imaginations

Previous Episodes

• Misha last heard on MEP EP #142: Supply Chain Conspiracy Securities
• Chris last heard on MEP EP#212: The End of Electronics Manufacturing?!

The State of Digital Manufacturing

• What is digital manufacturing?
• Is there a definition of digital manufacturing?
• Other players in this space.
• Some business models are winning, some models are stuck in neutral.

New Round of Investment

• Why does a manufacturer need investment?
• The nature of investors

Does anyone actually care about this?

• What does this all mean for new technologies and business models in manufacturing?
• Does anyone care?
• Or is it just normal sorting of what works from what doesn't?

Reshoring

• Nature of People
  • Many “Talks the talk but don’t walk the walk”
• Who currently cares about this?
  • Procurement?
  • Engineering?
  • Maybe just Parker?

MacroFab History

• Original MacroFab concept
• Pivots
• Chris Church’s “Rules for Start Up Names”
• What is next? New Head Quarters.