Drew Taylor

Co-Founder and CEO, AstroPrint · 1 appearance on the record.

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Drew Taylor co-founded AstroPrint in 2013 to develop an IoT cloud platform and operating system for desktop 3D printing. He led commercial partnerships with companies including Stanley Black & Decker and Marvell Semiconductor prior to AstroPrint's acquisition by BCN3D.

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Opinion

Taylor says 3D printing industry growth is bottlenecked by software

“We saw some time ago that the three D printing hardware is come a long way. It's amazing. It can do amazing things, but the software side and the ecosystem was holding the industry back.”

Drew Taylor Jun 5, 2016 ▶ 2:26 Will This 43 Year Old Win The 3D Printing Industry? EP 260: Drew Taylor

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Taylor expects AstroPrint to close major household brand OEM deals shortly

“We expect a couple of contracts to close within the next two months, but let's just say extremely well-known household brands that are, that will likely have three D printers in the store by Christmas.”

Drew Taylor Jun 5, 2016 ▶ 6:58 Will This 43 Year Old Win The 3D Printing Industry? EP 260: Drew Taylor

Insight

Taylor says content and apps drive hardware sales in 3D printing

“In this industry, content sells the hardware.”

Drew Taylor Jun 5, 2016 ▶ 9:00 Will This 43 Year Old Win The 3D Printing Industry? EP 260: Drew Taylor

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Taylor expects AstroPrint app marketplace revenue to take off in 2017

“Pretty much none. So we see that as more of a revenue base that's going to take off probably 2017 and later.”

Drew Taylor Jun 5, 2016 ▶ 12:00 Will This 43 Year Old Win The 3D Printing Industry? EP 260: Drew Taylor

Disclosure

AstroPrint monetizes via OEM licensing and a 70/30 app store revenue split

“One side is software that goes inside a three D printer that makes the printer very easy to operate. That's free for personal use, but we charge for commercial use and branding typically on a per printer basis. Our main customer there being a printer manufactu…”

Drew Taylor Jun 5, 2016 ▶ 3:09 Will This 43 Year Old Win The 3D Printing Industry? EP 260: Drew Taylor

Disclosure

AstroPrint has raised $400,000 to date and opened a $2M round

“So we, we've raised about 400,000 to date. And we have a two million dollar round that's open now and about 50% subscribed.”

Drew Taylor Jun 5, 2016 ▶ 5:02 Will This 43 Year Old Win The 3D Printing Industry? EP 260: Drew Taylor

Disclosure

Betaspring took 6% and 500 Startups took 7% equity in AstroPrint

“So beta spring, they're using a different model now. I don't know what they do now, but at the time it was six percent which was kind of what tech stars and everyone was doing at the time and 500 startups was seven percent.”

Drew Taylor Jun 5, 2016 ▶ 5:45 Will This 43 Year Old Win The 3D Printing Industry? EP 260: Drew Taylor

Prediction Not checkable as stated

AstroPrint targets $500,000 in licensing revenue for 2016

“So with licensing, I'd like to see 500,000 or so this year and then ramping up dramatically in 2017.”

Drew Taylor Jun 5, 2016 ▶ 12:28 Will This 43 Year Old Win The 3D Printing Industry? EP 260: Drew Taylor

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AstroPrint generated $150,000 in revenue in 2015

“20 15 total revenue was 150,000 dollars.”

Drew Taylor Jun 5, 2016 ▶ 4:47 Will This 43 Year Old Win The 3D Printing Industry? EP 260: Drew Taylor

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Will This 43 Year Old Win The 3D Printing Industry? EP 260: Drew Taylor	Jun 5, 2016	9m

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