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Entrepreneurs Take On Manufacturing

Harvard Business Review

However, in recent years a parallel explosion of digital tools and services has taken place in the manufacturing realm as well, drawing in computer-assisted design and 3D printing equipment to open-source operating systems, the cloud, and the Internet of Things (IoT). Second, a number of important inputs have gotten cheaper.

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Community Financing Breathes Life into a New U.S. Manufacturing Firm

Harvard Business Review

manufacturing jobs. Combine that with the offshoring mania among established manufacturers, and you've got a full-blown crisis. But don't blame private equity for underinvesting in seed-stage manufacturing companies and thus failing to prepare the ground for the next Apple, Cisco, or Intel.

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