{"id":462,"date":"2015-01-12T10:17:28","date_gmt":"2015-01-12T18:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.danshapiro.com\/blog\/?p=462"},"modified":"2015-03-11T13:32:17","modified_gmt":"2015-03-11T20:32:17","slug":"glowforge-new-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danshapiro.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/glowforge-new-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Glowforge &#8211; my new company (join me?)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m working on something new. I can\u2019t <em>wait<\/em> to tell you what it is.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-463 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.danshapiro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/logo.png\" alt=\"logo\" width=\"220\" height=\"50\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danshapiro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/logo.png 1114w, https:\/\/www.danshapiro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/logo-300x68.png 300w, https:\/\/www.danshapiro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/logo-1024x232.png 1024w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 220px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 220\/50;\" \/>\u00a0Unfortunately we\u2019re not ready to tip our hand quite yet, so I have to be a little coy. The company is called Glowforge.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-464 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.danshapiro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/replicator.jpg\" alt=\"replicator\" width=\"190\" height=\"141\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 190px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 190\/141;\" \/>We\u2019re making a real, tangible thing &#8211; a piece of hardware &#8211; powered by a giant stack of software. It\u2019s incredibly complicated, with everything from electronics to injection molded plastics to firmware to a web app. It\u2019s not an incremental thing; it\u2019s approaching science fiction. It\u2019s actually a product that makes it simple for people to create real, beautiful products. Really simple. Like a very, very early prototype of a Star Trek replicator\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0but not for food.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a bit more about us in this <a href=\"http:\/\/geekwire.com\/2014\/startup-vets-dan-shapiro-tony-wright-form-glowforge-raise-cash-stealthy-hardware-project\/\">article in Geekwire<\/a>. We\u2019ve already got some of the most amazing folks:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tony Wright, Y Combinator alum and founder of RescueTime.<\/li>\n<li>Mark Gosselin, founder of Consumerware and Cequint, which sold for $112.5 million.<\/li>\n<li>Kira Franz, who was Logistics Chief for\u00a0Chef.<\/li>\n<li>Dean Putney, the sole developer behind boingboing.net.<\/li>\n<li>Tim Ellis, who created the electrical systems behind the Genie lift.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230;and we&#8217;re not done yet! \u00a0We need a few more engineers to round out the core team. We need front end and back end engineers. A firmware engineer. A mechanical engineer experienced with injection molding. We&#8217;re funded by an amazing set of investors. Our office is a century-old building that used to be used to build Boeing airplanes. We have a seven ton vertical mill and we&#8217;re\u00a0building out a full electronics lab for the hardware team. It&#8217;s pretty amazing here.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019d be interested in working together &#8211; <a href=\"mailto:jobs@glowforge.com\">shoot us\u00a0a note<\/a>? It&#8217;s a &#8216;jobs&#8217; address, but I see every mail that comes through there. \u00a0And if you want to be the first to know\u00a0what we\u2019re up to, you can add your name to the launch notification list at <a href=\"http:\/\/glowforge.com\">glowforge.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It would be great to see you here.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m working on something new. 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