We visited the new offices/workplace of 4 Moms this week. This is
a jarring evolution. A business that started with a few guys around a
desk is now a sizable company in four floors of a building on Ft.
Duquesne boulevard overlooking the Ninth Street Bridge and the river.
Really lovely. There are no offices, only work spaces and meeting rooms.
The largest and nicest space is an employees space for lounging and
eating. There are almost 200 employees.
The employees are startlingly young. The European sales director showed five of us around and could not have been 28. They are remarkably reflective; the complaint area is softened with fabrics--the only fabrics I saw--to have a milder phone conversation. And they have six 3D Printers to make their prospective developments and/or changes--big Fortus, several uPrint and smaller OBjet--running 24 hours a day.
And they are optimistic; they have been up 60% in sales every year for the last five years and are well funded. Several new products are set to launch this year.
This is a young company in a competitive field that has brought modern electronics to a stable business with hopes of "disrupting" it. Their success is still in the balance but it is an exciting example of American entrepreneurship.
The employees are startlingly young. The European sales director showed five of us around and could not have been 28. They are remarkably reflective; the complaint area is softened with fabrics--the only fabrics I saw--to have a milder phone conversation. And they have six 3D Printers to make their prospective developments and/or changes--big Fortus, several uPrint and smaller OBjet--running 24 hours a day.
And they are optimistic; they have been up 60% in sales every year for the last five years and are well funded. Several new products are set to launch this year.
This is a young company in a competitive field that has brought modern electronics to a stable business with hopes of "disrupting" it. Their success is still in the balance but it is an exciting example of American entrepreneurship.
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I am on a committee at the Carnegie Museum having its biggest fundraiser ever. I went to a meeting yesterday to learn something about sponsorship of this event. 4 moms was suggested as either a 10k or 25k sponsor of the event. I was outraged but said nothing, however if they actually sponsor at these levels I will say plenty. They have not returned a penny to their investors.
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