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The story of Prusa 3D Printers journey to 100k printers shipped. $230,000,000+ valuation

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An excellent breakdown of Prusa's journey from nothing to the top of the 3D printing industry.

450 Employees
Company valuation @ $230m in 2016


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX3pDDi9PeU


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Nothing short of incredible, and they sold 30,000 more printers during the production of the video.

This just goes to show that putting one foot in front of the other, and not quitting, can take you very far.

Looks to me like it might have been a life style business turned enterprise.
 
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