Bre Pettis
Bre Pettis
Bre Pettisis an American entrepreneur, video blogger and multi-artist. He is also known for DIY video podcasts for MAKE, and for the History Hacker pilot on the History Channel. He is one of the founders of the Brooklyn-based hacker space NYC Resistor...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
CountryUnited States of America
Bre Pettis quotes about
waiting matter waiting-for-something
We already live in the futureit's not like we're waiting for something to happenit's just a matter of doing it.
accomplishment done engines
Done is the engine of more.
engineering way firsts
At MakerBot, we joke that if we were engineers we would still be on our first prototype. There's something about just 'Doing it”iteration is a way of engineering.
design empowering community
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.
together stuff electronics
Learn how a 3D printer works. Get inspired. Make your own stuff. It is a wonderful time to be innovative. Connect things together. If youre into electronics, get an Arduino.
machines target jewelry
Customized jewelry is one of my targets with Bold Machines.
kids identity
I like to make things. Its been part of my identity since I was a kid.
people wonderful wonderful-things
A lot of it is "how do you work with people". How do you get people to work with you and do wonderful things.
people giving tangible
There was a tangible sense of potential as we packed them up. 'We're giving people 3-D printers that they can afford. What are they gonna make?
technology passing passings
It makes me sad when I see things that are just the same technology; you aren't passing the technology forward.
knowing accepting pretending
Pretending you know what you're doing is almost the same as knowing what you are doing, so just accept that you know what you're doing even if you don't and do it.
ideas people get-real
You can get really far by putting your ideas out there and letting other people build on them.
cool folks knew sharing stuff
Before I started MakerBot, I was creating cool stuff and sharing it with the Internet. That's how I knew all the folks at BoingBoing, at Engadget and Gizmodo.
anybody believe business faith hard reasonable
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.