It’s important to share your story with others. I do this as often as I can. GrabCAD has taught me many lessons, which I recently shared with hardware startups looking for founder advice at Bolt in Boston. This slideshow takes you through our early stages and gives you important lessons learned.
1. Hardi Meybaum, CEO!
founders @ grabcad.com
@grabcad
GrabCAD story aka “how to make people like you”!
Hardi Meybaum!
hardi@grabcad.com twitter: @hardi_meybaum
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Mission: all the worlds’ physical products will
be designed and built on GrabCAD
16. 09/2010 - Meet Terry
Lesson learned #7: talk to customers
grabcad.com/terry.stonehocker
17. 10/2010 - moved to Boston
Lesson learned #8: everything is not like it appears
Lesson learned #9: you are in or out, no middle choice
booked this room for 3 months but got that one
Lesson learned #10: go where your customers & talent is
18. 06/2011 closed Seed Round in US
7 angels
Lesson learned #11: don’t take no as an answer
31. Valuable Comments
“Nice advancements John. This is looking
much better. I like the modification that you
made to the tube feature across the dash. !
It flows with the lines of the car much better”
By Jerod Shelby
42. Team is everything
Second most important lesson:!
find people you enjoy working with!
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Second most important lesson: find people !
who you can learn from and who!
inspire you at difficult times!
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grabcad.com/about