My personal mission has always been to empower people to be creative. But the Holy Grail of a tinkerer is to make something that makes something. Bre Pettis creativeempowergrail Change image and share on social
My parents had a software company making children's software for the Apple II+, Commodore 64 and Acorn computers. They hired these teenagers to program the software, and these guys were true hackers, trying to get more colors and sound and animation out of those computers. Bre Pettis acornanimationapple share on social
One of my psychoses is that I feel like I can do anything. Actually, I believe anybody can do and make anything, even things that don't exist. The making isn't the hard part; it's having faith. If you do only reasonable things, you'll never start your own business. Bre Pettis businessexistfaith share on social
You learn so much by having customers and figuring out what they want and keeping them satisfied. Bre Pettis customerfigurekeep Change image and share on social
One of the criticisms we get is, 'Does the world need more plastic crap?' But you have to look beyond the plastic crap, to the design, to the experience, to the empowering nature of the MakerBot and the community. Bre Pettis communitycrapcriticism share on social
Our intention is that people use MakerBots to have a positive impact on the world. Bre Pettis impactintentionmakerbots Change image and share on social
My father was a ham radio geek, and I remember the glow of the vacuum tubes from a Hammarlund receiver that became a hand-me-down to me. Bre Pettis fathergeekglow Change image and share on social
We raised $10 million in 2011. Our rule was, we wouldn't accept money from anybody we didn't want to have dinner with. Bre Pettis acceptdinnermillion Change image and share on social
I talked to a guy who has old cars, and there are parts that don't exist any more. So he makes radio dial knobs for obscure cars. Bre Pettis cardialexist Change image and share on social
Most people don't feel empowered to make CAD models. The MakerBot Digitizer solves that problem. Bre Pettis caddigitizerempower Change image and share on social
