Taylor says 3D printing industry growth is bottlenecked by software
Drew Taylor · Will This 43 Year Old Win The 3D Printing Industry? EP 260: Drew Taylor · Jun 5, 2016 · at 2:26
Drew Taylor, founder of AstroPrint, explains the market opportunity and problem his company set out to solve in the 3D printing ecosystem.
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“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.”
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