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How To Invest in Startups Post by Sam Altman Explains it So Well

Instead of going through investing in startups from a philisophical standpoint famed investor and excellent blogger Sam Altman has shared his viewpoints from the investor side as opposed to all the content that focuses on the startup side trying to raise capital.

There are so many great points on Altmans blog and in this post particularly with the biggest piece of advice IMO is not only tell the startup how you can help but show a genuine interest and ability to help. Often times a smart founder will take an offer that isn't as financially appealing on paper to get the help of an investor who can truly make a much bigger impact than one who just writes a check.

When we launched and were growing Protos Eyewear we had emails daily from all sorts of investors and partners but ultimately the most important end game contact came from Luxxottica the owner of Sunglass Hut, Ray Ban, Oakley, and just about every other major eyewear brand.

Read for yourself at: https://blog.samaltman.com/how-to-invest-in-startups

Replicator 3D Printing Technology

As I was an early adopoter to the current 3D printing Boom and growth that we've been seeing over the last decade especially with the growth and success of Protos Eyewear the first consumer grade 3D printed eyewear that also is completely customizable based on the metrics of your face I was amazed to see Scientific American with the replicator article today. It scans the object and completely replicates it as one solid piece as opposed to additive manufacturing layer by layer. Curious to learn more about this (if you come across this and do please contact me).

With the Protos Eyewear project the crafting and customizing of the hinges proved to be one of the most difficult tasks so I'm curious how this would replicate a pair of high end eyewear?

Reference: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/forget-everything-you-know-about-3-d-printing-mdash-the-replicator-is-here/

-Richart Ruddie