Episode 314: TMBA314: The 3D Revolution
Tropical MBA: Entrepreneurship & Founder Lifestyle
Dan Andrews; Ian Schoen
4.9 • 527 Ratings
🗓️ 10 December 2015
⏱️ 29 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
http://www.tropicalmba.com/3dprinting/ In this week’s episode Dan and Ian invite you to share in one of Bossman’s many interests: 3D printing.
This technology has been around for a while - mostly used by designers and engineers to conceptualize and test prototypes. But, as 3D printers become cheaper and more sophisticated, might it begin to revolutionize not only the world of retail but also DIY? What are the opportunities and potential pitfalls for entrepreneurs? Lawyers like Alan Rothenbuecher are already advising firms on how to handle the growing number of IP issues that crop up in relation to 3D printing.
TMBA also talks to one of the co-founders of The Pirate Bay, Tobias Andersson, about why he thinks 3D printing is going to have the same impact on design as file-sharing sites have had on the music business.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | What's that sound? |
| 0:04.2 | That is basically the power unit and the fan that controls the power unit. |
| 0:08.2 | It sounds like it's getting ready to do something dangerous. |
| 0:10.2 | It is. |
| 0:10.8 | We are getting ready to print a pink elephant on my 3D printer. |
| 0:15.0 | What? A pink elephant? |
| 0:16.0 | A pink elephant. Why not? |
| 0:17.3 | Just for fun. |
| 0:17.9 | Yeah, just for fun. |
| 0:22.2 | Hey, podcast, listener. |
| 0:23.7 | Even if you are alone in your entrepreneurial journey, |
| 0:26.1 | know that today, right now in your earbuds, |
| 0:28.3 | you are joined by thousands of entrepreneurs |
| 0:30.5 | from all around the globe seeking to grow better, |
| 0:33.4 | more profitable, location independent businesses. |
| 0:36.4 | If you'd like to learn more about what we do and download our entire back catalog, |
| 0:41.6 | check out tropical MBA.com. |
| 0:51.0 | We are creating the outline, which will be the base plate of this pink elephant. |
| 0:56.4 | So it's going to lay down a layer of material. |
| 0:58.9 | And essentially, that's going to be the sticking point. |
| 1:01.1 | So what we had to do first was heat up the bed. |
| 1:03.4 | So there's like this spool, like the spaghetti string of plastic going into like kind of a heated thing moving around. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Dan Andrews; Ian Schoen, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Dan Andrews; Ian Schoen and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.