Bre Pettis

The self-driving car is coming. And right now, our best supply of organs come from car accidents... Once we have self-driving cars, we can actually reduce the number of accidents, but the next problem then would be organ replacement. ”

I feel like I've lived a life of making mistakes and learning from them and doing my best to only make each mistake once. ”

I like to make things. It's been part of my identity since I was a kid. ”

When people have a MakerBot, they have a different mindset from everybody else who grew up as a consumer. Instead of thinking, 'I need to go buy that,' they first think, 'Do I need to go buy that? I could just MakerBot that.' ”

We raised $10 million in 2011. Our rule was, we wouldn't accept money from anybody we didn't want to have dinner with. ”

I talked to a guy who has old cars, and there are parts that don't exist any more. So he makes radio dial knobs for obscure cars. ”

That's the beauty of living in New York City is that a good chunk of the media is here and willing to drink with you. ”

I've watched with amazement as Local Motors has pioneered a co-creation and micro-manufacturing model that has democratized the development and production of complex machines, effectively transforming consumer choice from supply-driven to demand-driven. ”

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. ”

Our intention is that people use MakerBots to have a positive impact on the world. ”