{"id":2551,"date":"2014-05-21T15:52:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-21T15:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/2551-build-your-maker-business-with-shapeways-and-3d-printing.html"},"modified":"2017-04-17T12:26:10","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T16:26:10","slug":"build-your-maker-business-with-shapeways-and-3d-printing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/build-your-maker-business-with-shapeways-and-3d-printing","title":{"rendered":"Build your maker business with Shapeways and 3D printing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>To celebrate National Small Business week our May New York City meetup was focused around a panel discussion on how tools like 3D Printing, e-commerce and a robust website and social media presence can empower maker entrepreneurs.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/ScreenShot2014-05-20at6.02.57PM.png\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The panel featured Shapeways shopowners and designers, including digital artist and sculptor <a href=\"http:\/\/shpws.me\/qX6q\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Kittleson<\/a>; artist and designer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/1106-Sophie-Kahns-3D-Printed-Sculpture.html\" target=\"_blank\">Sophie Kahn<\/a>; and entrepreneur and 3D printing artist <a href=\"http:\/\/shpws.me\/t4xa\" target=\"_blank\">Melissa Ng<\/a>. I had the honor of facilitating the talk and asking these three about how they have built their creative businesses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>We are excited to share this conversation with our community as a whole and are happy to share the discussion in full with you.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Zc5BzYFk-34\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>For me, the key take aways from this discussion were:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Because you will be spending a lot of time with your business, spend time finding your voice as a designer and making work you are truly interested in&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Using Shapeways for 3D printing has enabled these designers to incoporate it into their work because they can access different printing processes for &#8220;Tens, not hundreds&#8221; of dollars<\/li>\n<li>Use social media tools like Twitter, Facebook, and blogs to tell your story about who are as a designer<\/li>\n<li>Make sure potential customers can find you online. Have a website, as well as a robust social media presence<\/li>\n<li>Selling products on Shapeways is an great venue for selling multiples of a work and can help build a designer&#8217;s reputation and portfolio when they also offer one-of-a-kind and commission work<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>We look forward to hearing your thoughts about this discussion! If you are a Shapeways shopowner, maker, or entrepreneur we&#8217;d love to know about the tools and strategies you use for building your business. Thanks again to our panelists and to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wix.com\/utm_source=shapeways&amp;utm_medium=shapeways&amp;utm_campaign=lounge&amp;experiment_id=shapeways\" target=\"_blank\">Wix.com<\/a> for hosting us at the Wix Lounge!&nbsp;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To celebrate National Small Business week our May New York City meetup was focused around a panel discussion on how&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":16246,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[481],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-shapeways"],"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/ScreenShot2014-05-20at6.02.57PM.png","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.9 (Yoast SEO v23.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Build your maker business with Shapeways and 3D printing - 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