The Future of Metal Manufacturing | Machina Labs

About this episode

Ti Morse interviews Ed Mehr about the challenges and innovations in metal manufacturing at Machina Labs.

My first interview with Ed Mehr, Co-Founder & CEO of Machina. What went wrong with early prototypes, rapid design iteration, why hardware companies require complex capital structures.

People in this episode

Host: Ti Morse

Guest: Ed Mehr

Topics covered

• metal manufacturing
• hardware development
• design iteration
• capital structures
• entrepreneurship

Keywords

• metal manufacturing
• hardware prototypes
• design iteration
• capital structure
• entrepreneurship

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Machina

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