2Free Innovation!
“Mark, you need to talk to the guy at the table over there.” Every day is an adventure at TechShop. As CEO of the national membership-based do-it-yourself (DIY) workshop and prototyping studio, I love my job and where I do it. Why? Because TechShop is one of the few physical spaces dedicated to fueling the next economic boom. And there are a bunch of amazing people, crazy projects, and wonderful things going on here. It is an Alice in Wonderland–like place.
My colleague and I wander over to a workstation where a middle-aged man is bent over working on a poorly constructed, clunky, aluminum blocklike structure.
“Hi, I’m Mark. What are you making?”
The man, who introduces himself as Mike, grins. “This? This is a desktop diamond ...
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