Startup Digest - 3D Printing - Studies, Companies & Hydroprinting - June 30th

3D Printing June 30, 2017 Hey you. Today's digest is light. We'll be covering: 1.) A study on the potential dangerous of home 3D Printers 2.) On demand 3D Printing company raising money 3.) Makerbot's attempt at refocusing 4.) 3D Printing with electronics 5.) A 3D Printing CEO starting a crowdfunding platform That's it! Until next time, my friend, Dilanka Contemplation: "..However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.." - Winston Churchill Startup Digest 3D Printing is curated by: Dilanka - Growth @ AstroPrint Contact Dilanka at dilanka.wettewa@startupdigestmail.com What Techstars Gave Me Sometimes the most brilliant things start with a simple idea. To nurture it, you need a network, people, culture and experienced entrepreneurs that empower you. It's about becoming a part of something that is bigger than yourself, finding validation in your company and your team, and giving back. Over the past 10 years, Techstars has helped entrepreneurs succeed, working with founders around the world starting great companies. Listen to these founder stories about how they started and their Techstars experience. go.techstars.com/founderstories [STUDY] - 3D Printing Air Pollution Study UL - ulchemicalsafety.org Last year, I mentioned that UL was conducting a study analyzing potential safety issues with consumer (and desktop) 3D printers. Well, here are the results from that study. It's quite good.  [COMPANY] - On Demand 3D Printing Platform Xometry Secures $15M Funding Business Wire - businesswire.com Xometry is a on demand manufacturing platform for 3D Printing/Manufacturing. I haven't heard much about these guys until now, but apparently they've raised $15M. [COMPANY] - MakerBot's Market Strategy Now Seems Much More Certain General Fabb - fabbaloo.com A quick analysis on Makerbot's new focus on the educational sector.  [ARTICLE] - Hydroprinting, a Method for Printing Conductive Patterns Hilmiyati Kusnadi - sculpteo.com Oh how wonderful would it be if I could 3D Print conductive / electronic components on my prints. [ARTICLE] - 3D Printing CEO Starts His Own Crowdfunding Platform Stephen Babcock - technical.ly Essentially, the folks from M3D (who had a successful Kickstarter for their 3D Printer) has started their own crowdfunding platform with the main benefit of having hand vetted, guaranteed delivery of projects.  Not sure how this is going to play out, but it's nevertheless interesting.  Manage Subscription Submit Event Submit Resource View in Browser You are receiving this email because you believe that the best startup articles and videos are made by active members of the startup community. Techstars Startup Digest, © 2009-2017 by Techstars Central LLC. All rights reserved. Techstars Startup Digest is a registered trademark of Techstars Central, LLC. Privacy Policy | Terms of Use.

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Startup Digest - Startup Reading List - Your Weekly Reads - June 30th

Startup Reading List June 30, 2017 Sales channels, profitability, scaling, and finding board members. All key topics to go from seedling to a mighty oak of a startup. Have fun gardening this weekend. Your ever devoted curating team. Startup Digest Startup Reading List is curated by: Zubin Chagpar - @phylosopher Contact Zubin Chagpar at zubin.chagpar@startupdigestmail.com What Techstars Gave Me Sometimes the most brilliant things start with a simple idea. To nurture it, you need a network, people, culture and experienced entrepreneurs that empower you. It's about becoming a part of something that is bigger than yourself, finding validation in your company and your team, and giving back. Over the past 10 years, Techstars has helped entrepreneurs succeed, working with founders around the world starting great companies. Listen to these founder stories about how they started and their Techstars experience. go.techstars.com/founderstories Identifying and Integrating Independent Board Members Michelle Wilson "Another key independent board member is one who's skilled at advising and mentoring CEOs. This is more than a corporate coach — it's someone who's been chief executive, ideally at a growth stage to which the CEO is about to embark." Distribution Ben Horowitz "What is a sales channel? It's a route to market for a product or set of products. It can range from your website to a sophisticated sales force. The sale itself must be supported with the right marketing, process, and optimization strategy. Selecting the right channel is critical for any business — and products often fail because the company chose the wrong route to market." Should Startups Care About Profitability? Mark Suster "If you hire 6 senior sales reps in January at $120,000 / year salary then you've taken on an extra $60,000 per month in costs yet these sales people might not close new business for 6 months. Your profitability will go down for 2 quarters while your growth may increase dramatically in quarters 3–12." From Startup to Scaleup Sam Altman and Reid Hoffman Sam and Reid discuss: - How to think about hiring when a startup is growing quickly, and why culture is so connected to the success of a company. - How to measure execs on their scaling-readiness. - The difference between how scaling looks on the outside vs. the inside. Manage Subscription Submit Event Submit Resource View in Browser You are receiving this email because you believe that the best startup articles and videos are made by active members of the startup community. Techstars Startup Digest, © 2009-2017 by Techstars Central LLC. All rights reserved. Techstars Startup Digest is a registered trademark of Techstars Central, LLC. Privacy Policy | Terms of Use.

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Startup Digest - Enterprise - June 23rd

Enterprise June 23, 2017 Hi everyone, Hope you've been well! I just had the great fortune of spending a week with Sir Richard Branson on his island along with an awesome group of innovators to discuss emerging technologies and social issues around the globe. One of the key conversations we had was around blockchain technology. So far in 2017, blockchain entrepreneurs have raised $327m through ICO offerings, a figure that now exceeds the $295m raised through VC funding. In light of the recent buzz around cryptocurrency trading and bitcoin / ether price fluctuations, those of us based in the Bay Area decided to put together a panel to share some of the most interesting issues we discussed on Necker Island. Come join our event on June 27th to hear more about the top opportunities and risks in blockchain! Have an awesome weekend, Shuo Startup Digest Enterprise is curated by: Shuonan Chen - Founding Partner at Agile Venture Capital Contact Shuonan Chen at shuonan.chen@startupdigestmail.com What Techstars Gave Me Sometimes the most brilliant things start with a simple idea. To nurture it, you need a network, people, culture and experienced entrepreneurs that empower you. It's about becoming a part of something that is bigger than yourself, finding validation in your company and your team, and giving back. Over the past 10 years, Techstars has helped entrepreneurs succeed, working with founders around the world starting great companies. Listen to these founder stories about how they started and their Techstars experience. go.techstars.com/founderstories The average enterprise uses 91 marketing cloud services Insights gained from average enterprise uses How To Discover Your Product's Most Compelling Value Proposition Within 72 Ho Use a simple testing framework to find the copy that grabs your customer's attention with services like Google AdWords and Facebook Ads Salesforce Einstein's Jim Sinai on bringing artificial intelligence to the enterprise As more frontline employees and IT leaders see ML enhancing their personal lives, you can expect their appetite for machine learning-enabled tools at work to grow How to Raise a Big Arse Round: Lightspeed VC, People.ai, Elementum and Reflektive (Video + Transcript) Nakul Mandan, Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, sits down with three CEOs who understand the joy and pain of fundraising from investors. In this talk, David Blonski, Co-founder & COO of Elementum, Oleg Rogynskyy, CEO of People.ai, and Rajeev Behera, Co-founder & CEO of Reflektive talk about their approaches to raising a big Series A round Manage Subscription Submit Event Submit Resource View in Browser You are receiving this email because you believe that the best startup articles and videos are made by active members of the startup community. Techstars Startup Digest, © 2009-2017 by Techstars Central LLC. All rights reserved. Techstars Startup Digest is a registered trademark of Techstars Central, LLC. Privacy Policy | Terms of Use.

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3D Printing - Startup Digest - Yo! - June 23rd - June 30th

3D Printing June 23, 2017 Hey you scallywag! Hope you enjoyed the break last week. I skipped last week because news was light in the world of 3D printing. Right now, I am at Vidcon, learning about the latest in online video. I'll be back in San Diego on Monday. A few days ago, I tried Kambo and it was incredibly uncomfortable (and interesting). It's essentially a (legal) frog poison that certain Amazonian tribes use for spiritual journeys.  A hippie friend of mine convinced me to try the medicine so I tried it. It involved a lot of vomiting (expected) and pain for about 30 minutes and I am still trying to understand WTF happened. :P That's what I've been up to lately. As far as 3D Printing goes, we'll be covering: 1.) M3D's new open source, industrial printer 2.) A TSA incident involving a mouse penis 3.) Divergent3D's 3D Printed car 4.) 3D Printing functional cameras 5.) Robo3D's expansion 6.) Helping ducks with 3D Printing 7.) A filament kickstarter 8.) ...and some Interviews. That's it. How have you been? Up to anything interesting? Perhaps you have some questions or comments? As always, hit me up by hitting reply to this email.  Until next time, my friend, Dilanka Contemplation:  "..A man is educated in proportion to his ability to understand and affect his immediate environment..." - Ivan Illich 3D Printing Startup Digest is curated by: Dilanka - Growth @ AstroPrint Contact Dilanka at dilanka.wettewa@startupdigestmail.com What Techstars Gave Me Sometimes the most brilliant things start with a simple idea. To nurture it, you need a network, people, culture and experienced entrepreneurs that empower you. It's about becoming a part of something that is bigger than yourself, finding validation in your company and your team, and giving back. Over the past 10 years, Techstars has helped entrepreneurs succeed, working with founders around the world starting great companies. Listen to these founder stories about how they started and their Techstars experience. go.techstars.com/founderstories [PRODUCT / NEWS] - M3D Releases its First Industrial, Open Source 3D Printer M3d - printm3d.com One of the more interesting announcements recently. [ARTICLE] - TSA Finds Scientists 3D Printed Mouse Penis Ed Yong - theatlantic.com It would have been fun to stand behind this guy in line. Very amusing.  [ARTICLE] - How This $28 Million Startup Hopes to Save the World With 3D Printing Stephen Bronner - entrepreneur.com I've covered Divergent 3D before and looks like their marketing team is doing a great job with getting their product out. The fact that they managed to get Jay Leno (who is a car nut) to cover it is arguably one of the best strategies I've seen for a company like Divergent3D. Kudos.  [ARTICLE] - This Guy 3D Printed a Camera Because He Couldn't Afford One Michael Zhang - petapixel.com Obviously doesn't include the lens, but still impressive.  [NEWS] - Robo 3D to Scale up Production with $1.8 Million Funding Corey Clarke - 3dprintingindustry.com Cool to see Robo3D still kicking. Although, they got a bit of heat on Twitter by for a tweet they made. [CASE STUDY] - Helping Injured Ducks with 3D Printing Poultry DVM - duckdvm.com There's plenty of cases of 3D Printing helping animals, and it's always fun to see these real life case studies.  [KICKSTARTER] - 3D Bio-Compostible Filament Ken Aiken - kickstarter.com The Kickstarter title sucks (too geeky) and will likely lose a lot of people, but it's still interesting. The funding goal is also quite high at > $450K. If you are interested, check it out. [NEWS] - Contour Crafting Produces Robotic Construction 3D Printers Clare Scott - 3dprint.com This company allegedly is working on 3D Printers that can print (using concrete and other materials) a livable house/habitat in 24-48 hours.  [INTERVIEW SERIES] - Next 5 Years by Christopher Elsworthy of CEL Robox 3DPI - 3dprintingindustry.com Good interview from this continuing series. CEL Robox makes REALLY interesting, well engineered machines. I've used them myself.  [INTERVIEW SERIES] - The Next 5 Years by Lee-Bath Nelson Co-Founder LEO Lane 3DPI - 3dprintingindustry.com Another good interview from the series.  Manage Subscription Submit Event Submit Resource View in Browser You are receiving this email because you believe that the best startup articles and videos are made by active members of the startup community. Startup Digest, © 2009-2017 by Techstars Central LLC. All rights reserved. Startup Digest is a registered trademark of Techstars Central, LLC. Privacy Policy | Terms of Use.

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Startup Reading List - Startup Digest - Your Weekly Reads - June 23rd - June 30th

Startup Reading List June 23, 2017 This week brings you a hodgepodge bunch of articles that will help you with presenting finances, figuring what customers to target, scaling, and PR. Enjoy and have a great weekend! Startup Reading List Startup Digest is curated by: Zubin Chagpar - @phylosopher Contact Zubin Chagpar at zubin.chagpar@startupdigestmail.com What Techstars Gave Me Sometimes the most brilliant things start with a simple idea. To nurture it, you need a network, people, culture and experienced entrepreneurs that empower you. It's about becoming a part of something that is bigger than yourself, finding validation in your company and your team, and giving back. Over the past 10 years, Techstars has helped entrepreneurs succeed, working with founders around the world starting great companies. Listen to these founder stories about how they started and their Techstars experience. go.techstars.com/founderstories How to Present Your Startup Financials in Just 3 Slides Omry Ben David "The financial overview slide needs to be at a high level, clean, rounded to one decimal place (max) and showing in $mm (or $000 as appropriate); it can be annual or quarterly – depending on the fundraising horizon" Startups and Big Cos Should Approach Growth Differently Andrew Chen "Look for channels that are too small for the big companies to worry about — this is how smaller companies can gain an asymmetric advantage" The 5 Things You Need to Know to Scale a Startup Carlos E. Espinal "The role of a founder evolves and needs to grow to that of a manager, focusing on hiring people and fundraising. If necessary, hiring an exec coach can be useful to help deal with many of the questions a founder will have during this process." How to Think About PR Sharon Pope "Sharon Pope, Head of Programs and Marketing at YC Continuity, walks through how to think about PR and the best practices for working with the press." Manage Subscription Submit Event Submit Resource View in Browser You are receiving this email because you believe that the best startup articles and videos are made by active members of the startup community. Startup Digest, © 2009-2017 by Techstars Central LLC. All rights reserved. Startup Digest is a registered trademark of Techstars Central, LLC. Privacy Policy | Terms of Use.

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Startup Reading List - Startup Digest - Your Weekly Reads - June 16th - June 23rd

Startup Reading List June 16, 2017 Read. Digest. Enjoy! Have a great weekend Digesters! Startup Reading List Startup Digest is curated by: Zubin Chagpar - @phylosopher Contact Zubin Chagpar at zubin.chagpar@startupdigestmail.com Now Hiring! - Techstars Program Manager, Berlin Along with the Managing Director, the Program Manager (“PM”) is tasked with the success of a particular Techstars program. This opportunity affords high visibility and responsibility as the PM works side by side with a prominent Managing Director, helping early stage companies through the Techstars mentorship driven accelerator model. Why Does My Engineer Care So Much About a Few Milliseconds? Adam Berlinsky-Schine Software engineers place a lot of emphasis on code performance. There is often tension between non-engineers who want more time to be spent on building new features and engineers who want to spend time on improving performance. The app seems perfectly fast to you. So why do engineers care so much about shaving a few milliseconds off of something that already seems to be pretty good? It's Never Too Early to Fire Lars Dalgaard "Using the NPV analogy, every minute you're not doing something, you are compounding the negative growth (not just money, not just time), because people are losing faith in you as a leader. In fact that's a higher cost than any of the other losses because it becomes a systemic, organization-wide problem: the company that employees no longer trust, that no longer demands or values their highest performance." Beyond the Fairy Tale Narrative Adam Smith "The idea that you can sell a startup and then "live happily ever after" post-acquisition, in particular, is a dangerous myth." Cofounder Disputes and Making Something People Want Jessica Livingston In this excerpt from Jessica's talk at the 2014 Female Founders Conference, she discusses the two most common reasons startups fail: cofounder disputes and not making something people want. Manage Subscription Submit Event Submit Resource View in Browser You are receiving this email because you believe that the best startup articles and videos are made by active members of the startup community. Startup Digest, © 2009-2017 by Techstars Central LLC. All rights reserved. Startup Digest is a registered trademark of Techstars Central, LLC. Privacy Policy | Terms of Use.

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