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Attention startups! Discover the secret to success in a competitive landscape: leverage ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING and Phillips Education. Check out this exciting blog that reveals the transformative potential of these technologies: https://lnkd.in/g-aVHmjH ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, or 3D printing, is changing the game for startups. It allows them to experiment, iterate, and scale without the need for large production facilities, providing a competitive edge in the market. PHILLIPS EDUCATION, in partnership with industry experts, makes ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING accessible and affordable. Startups can accelerate product development, reduce costs, and optimize resource allocation. The customization potential of ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING sets startups apart, offering personalized products and captivating customers with bespoke solutions. Sustainability is a competitive differentiator, and ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING minimizes waste and reduces the carbon footprint. Startups can promote a more circular economy through eco-friendly materials and local production. To unlock the full potential of ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, startups need comprehensive training and education. PHILLIPS EDUCATION, with over six decades of experience, equips startups with the skills to navigate the world of 3D printing. Don't miss out on revolutionizing your startup with ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING and PHILLIPS EDUCATION. Read the blog to learn more! Terrence Miranda Anuj Budhiraja Dr. Shibu John Phillips Machine Tools #AdditiveManufacturing #3DPrinting #PhillipsEducation #StartupSuccess #UnleashYourPotential

⏰ There are only 9 days left to invest in our Seedrs campaign. We've had over 200 investors join us so far in the first 24 hours, so it’s fair to say that the response has been incredible! 🚀 As we continue welcoming over- funding, I’m sharing some recent news to give you a sneak peak of what we have coming up: 🌍 We have been nominated for the ‘Sustainability in Additive Manufacturing’ award in 3D Printing Industry, one of the sector’s most important journals. A combination of readers and expert committees selected the shortlist from over 60,000 nominations. So we’re over the moon to be in the running for the award, which will be presented on 30 November. You can vote for us here: https://lnkd.in/eHa6rR-S 🎙 Last month we visited Monocle’s studio in London to talk about agile manufacturing and the circular economy. If you’d like to learn more about our story, listen to my conversation with Tom Edwards on Monocle’s ‘The Entrepreneurs’ podcast. https://lnkd.in/eef3rjEr ✏ We’ve launched a competition with the Design Council to test our AI-powered technology to support our mission to make distributed and circular manufacturing a reality, reducing production waste and transport emissions. To train the AI, we need to print approximately 10,000 parts on our pilot machines in Brighton, so we’re working with industrial design agency Seymourpowell to develop a student’s design concept. https://lnkd.in/eqv8ZMKQ 🔥 This is just a glimpse of what’s going on here. Support us as we develop our agile manufacturing systems that are transforming the way things are made and enabling the circular economy. Invest now Find out more about how you can invest via Seedrs. https://lnkd.in/eeKHPQbm Approved by Seedrs 31 October 2023

After driving #innovation across companies, can summaries my experience ... * The bootstrapped companies do not have resources for innovation. * VC funded companies does not have freedom to innovate. * Large enterprises do not priorities to innovate. The key for all is to reduce the "Cost of failures" during R&D phase. I am sharing four ways to achieve lower failure cost during innovation. 1. Don't start a project without having success / failure criteria defined. It is useless to work on project without knowing how to close or complete it. 2. Link innovation with a customer's pain. If you don't know for whom you are innovating, most likely it will be force fit later with higher chances of commercial failure. 3. Use technology / simulation wherever possible to minimize the cost. Recent developments in 3D printing, Product design tools, SAAS applications allow to reduce the developmental cost. And the last one... 4. Don't cut corners on Innovation. Be frugal but same time be aware that it is VERY costly to deploy cheap tools / resources for innovative projects. Do share your thoughts. How you have reduced cost of failure in R&D #sahaysamvaad #design4money #productdesign #startups #productstrategy

🚀 Benjamin Franklin's Printing Press: An Early Startup Disrupting Communication! 💡 Innovation has always been at the heart of progress, and Benjamin Franklin's printing press in 1730 stands as a testament to this truth. Here's why it's considered an early example of a startup shaking up the communication landscape: 🔹 Innovation: Before the press, disseminating information relied on slow and labor-intensive handwritten manuscripts. Franklin's press revolutionized this process, offering a faster, more efficient way to produce printed materials. 🔹 Scalability: The printing press enabled mass production of books, pamphlets, and newspapers, vastly expanding the reach and impact of information compared to handwritten documents. 🔹 Accessibility: By lowering production costs, the press made printed materials more affordable, democratizing access to knowledge for a broader audience. 🔹 Competition: The rise of the printing press challenged the traditional system of scribes and copyists, paving the way for new voices and perspectives to emerge. In many ways, Franklin's printing press operated like a modern startup: ✨ Introduced disruptive technology. ✨ Targeted a large market with a pressing need. ✨ Had the potential for rapid growth and expansion. While the term "startup" wasn't coined back then, Franklin's venture embodies the core principles of innovation, scalability, and disruption that still drive successful startups today. Let's continue to celebrate and learn from these historical pioneers! #jonobbasbaskara #Startup #History #printing #revolution #Innovation #Disruption

We don't just automate 3D printers. We automate 3D printer farm production, your business, and your processes. Less time tracking each part, product, and order. Less time watching the printers, spreadsheets, and walking around. More time to do what matters to you and your business. Learn more at 3dque.com #3dque #automation #prusa #bambulab #creality #3dprinters #etsy

Gennady Shafir: 🚀 What are your opinions regarding the adoption of a positive return on investment (ROI) strategy in vital areas like product development, marketing, and customer acquisition for startups in the 3D printing industry? 📑 Below I present my article, which aims to become a roadmap for startups that follow market changes. https://lnkd.in/eDE-MMzB  🌟  This article aslo offers insights into the GM% and essential expenditures of top industry players, including Stratasys, 3D Systems Corporation, Desktop Metal, Markforged, and Nano Dimension, serving as valuable reference points. It would be interesting to get your opinion on this matter:Lucas Janssen, Benny Buller,Philip DeSimone,Byron Kennedy,Erez Zimerman,Ángel Llavero López de Villalta,Martin Eichenhofer,Avi Reichental,Edward Feng,Robert Kniola, Blake Teipel,Hanan Gothait, Matthew Petros,Mark Massey,Sridhar Balaram,Alessio Lorusso,Ingo Ederer,Will Richardson,Christian Lönne,Sebastian Sczasny,Robert Yusin,Rafał Tomasiak,Lawrence Ganti,Erik Palitsch

#knowciicstartup Kelvin6k Private Limited (https://www.kelvin6k.com) is a robotic & sustainable construction company. They are building sustainable houses economically using cutting-edge concrete 3D printing techniques. Kelvin6k technology builds homes sustainably in half the time and saving at least 30% on material & labor cost. Their printers are SCARA-based printers and are highly cost-effective and free of several disadvantages of the conventional Robotic and Gantry printer. Currently, the biggest hurdle in using concrete 3D printing as an alternative to conventional construction practices is the ultra-high cost of concrete 3D printers. Commonly available printers, whether Robotic or Gantry, are highly expensive, so the rent of the machine itself makes concrete 3D printing a highly costly affair. To cover up this huge disadvantage with the conventional Robotic and Gantry based printer, usually features such as printing of textured walls, high speed of printing, and fewer labor requirements, etc. are used as justifications. However, it is clear until concrete 3D printers become affordable, it will be impossible for concrete 3D printing to replace conventional house construction. Till then, concrete 3D printing will be limited to building just demos and fancy buildings. Kelvin6k has identified this challenge in the initial stage itself and directed our effort toward solving this problem. They realized that the conventional Robotic and Gantry printers were not the right solutions, so we focused more on designing another different type of printer that not only be affordable but should be able to print on the site. Their efforts materialized into ‘Kelvin6k Pro’ and ‘Kelvin6k Lite’, their SCARA-type concrete 3D printers that are highly affordable. CIIC facilitated them in raising Rs.37 lakh funds through various Union Govt & State Govt funds. 1. Startup India Seed Fund Scheme (SISFS) - Rs. 35 Lakhs 2. EDII-TN IVP (A) - Rs.2 Lakhs Crescent Innovation and Incubation Council (CIIC) | BSA Crescent Institute of Science and Technology | Kelvin6k | Startup India | Invest India | Sanjiv Singh | Nivruti Rai | Aastha Grover | Aman Mathur | Anubhav Kumar Das | Sana Dewan | Aarushi Mendiratta | DBT BIRAC | Jitendra Kumar | Manish Diwan | Chhaya Chauhan | Apurva Shrivastava | Department of Science and Technology | Society for Innovation & Entrepreneurship -SINE IIT Bombay | Kanan Dhebar | MeitY Startup Hub | Jeet V. | Omkarnath Suprabhat Rath | iDEX - DIO | Atal Innovation Mission Official | Chintan Vaishnav | Rohit Gupta | StartupTN | Sivarajah Ramanathan | Entrepreneurship Development and Innovation Institute | Abdul Qadir Abdul Rahman Buhari | Chandu Nair | Reji Joseph | Rajan Srikanth | Taslimarif Saiyed, PhD | Nisha Mukund Ph.D | NATARAJAN T.R | Santhosh S | kiran chandran | Dinesh Maruthai |

🌟 MANGO, the fashion giant, is investing in the 3D printing firm Ziknes through its startup accelerator. Mango StartUp Studio, which was established in 2022. This platform is designed to strengthen its innovative ethos by providing support to emerging firms across diverse sectors, with a particular emphasis on technology and sustainability. Ziknes is a young company focused on software development and robot-assisted 3D printing, with a particular emphasis on utilizing sustainable materials. Mango's investment in Ziknes involves financial support through a convertible participating loan. This also includes Ziknes joining an acceleration program, providing the startup founders with direct insights into Mango's operations for scaling their business model. The collaboration entails guidance and mentorship sessions, particularly in product design, with a focus on furniture design. Reference: https://lnkd.in/gh8RNc-j ✨ #sustainabledevelopment #sustainability #mango #ziknes #innovation

The attached article says about the 3D printing industry: 1. The market was over-hyped and businesses over-capitalized (sound familiar?) 2. It’s now way too crowded: too many companies with too similar technologies chasing the same slice of the (too small) pie 3. Business plans were fundamentally flawed: general-purpose manufacturing solutions in search of specific problems. Many companies need a major reset which means there’s a high probability they enter the infamous startup death spiral #startups #3dprinting #additivemanufacturing #business https://lnkd.in/dJc66KpE