Bre Pettis

Brainstormer, Change Agent, Designer, Educator/Teacher, Filmmaker, Idea generator, Inventor, Investor, Marketer, World traveler

I make things that make things. At MakerBot Industries, my company, we make machines that give creative people the superpower to make anything. I also started Thingiverse so that people could share digital designs in such a way that others can build on them. I started NYCResistor, a hackerspace in NYC, with the smartest people in the city and we share a clubhouse filled with tools like lasercutters. I was a teacher for a long time teaching small and medium sized students. I failed at being a working artist.

Manufacturing, Innovation, Open Source Hardware, and Sharing.

I want my daughter to grow up in a world where it's normal for people to share their inventions so that others can modify and collaborate to improve on them.

Playing the banjo, clawhammer style.