Cassie Lowell -- Cofounder @ Studio 3e8

Cassie L, she/her | Cofounder @studio3e8 | Harvard | ex-MIT Lecturer | Product Person; Mechanical & Materials Engineer | Creative Acct @starscassiopeia

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Studio 3e8 has spent the past three years developing metal 3D printing for your desktop: simpler, safer, smarter.

Today, we’re thrilled to reveal the Mesa 1.

Launching on Kickstarter Dec 1; orders starting at $3,500.

Want first access to updates?🔗⬇️

[studio3e8 @studio3e8]

Introducing the Mesa 1. Tomorrow, 10/28, 10 AM ET, LinkedIn.

Metal 3D printing -- safer, simpler, smarter.

#3DPrinting

[Cassie Lowell -- Cofounder @ Studio 3e8 @CassLowell]

Last week, I was part of the Women in 3D Printing-hosted panel at @RAPID_Event, discussing the challenges of scaling an additive mfg business.

The overall consensus? Additive is a tool; one that needs to become cheaper / more accessible -- exactly what we're working on at 3e8!

[Cassie Lowell -- Cofounder @ Studio 3e8 @CassLowell]

Dad: What do you want for your birthday?
Me: Term sheets would be ideal, honestly.
Dad: Okay, yeah, sounds like I'll just mail you sweets then

[Cassie Lowell -- Cofounder @ Studio 3e8 @CassLowell]

The whiplash of the term "SSR" when you close your gatcha game and open your hardware tech specs doc is... something 😅

[Cassie Lowell -- Cofounder @ Studio 3e8 @CassLowell]

@hthieblot I happened to open Twitter for my basically once-a-month and your tweet was top of my feed -- yeah, been a little busy building 😅

We're @studio3e8 and we build metal 3D printers in a desktop form factor.

[Cassie Lowell -- Cofounder @ Studio 3e8 @CassLowell]

First day for our amazing @EshipMIT PM Lab interns! So much enthusiasm and great questions from our Fab 5. 💖 Can't wait to see what they propose for us to try by the end of the month!

[Cassie Lowell -- Cofounder @ Studio 3e8 @CassLowell]

@s_chiriac Metal 3D printing, desktop sized!

https://t.co/KlOYuNuB7H

[Cassie Lowell -- Cofounder @ Studio 3e8 @CassLowell]

Office ambiance vibes: writing your high-importance emails with boss battle music playing.

Nothing like making deal flow happen while the Latin choir kicks in! 😅

[Cassie Lowell -- Cofounder @ Studio 3e8 @CassLowell]

@TakoTreba Apartment attic-turned-makerspace is how we got started!

[Cassie Lowell -- Cofounder @ Studio 3e8 @CassLowell]

@aryanlabde The answer SHOULD vary depending on your skills as a founder.

I'm an engineer and a product person, so if I can get a marketer that handles that realm while I go build a quality product, we're going to kick butt.

[Cassie Lowell -- Cofounder @ Studio 3e8 @CassLowell]

Love that Christian & @VentureFizz highlighted so many of my amazing former colleagues -- Formlabs was a fantastic place to grow (and also to meet your future cofounder!).

https://t.co/dRJ2B0M4Vx

[Cassie Lowell -- Cofounder @ Studio 3e8 @CassLowell]

Loved being back on Harvard's campus @innovationlab earlier this month to join this year's Launch Lab X cohort!

The iLab is such a fantastic intersection of entrepreneurship with all the other schools, and we're so happy to be repping the College & SEAS

https://t.co/ANUGkENrHf

[Cassie Lowell -- Cofounder @ Studio 3e8 @CassLowell]

Nerd problems: trying to type "career FAIR" and your phone keeps correcting to "Faire"...

Should we also be doing Ye Olde Smithy style branding for our metal 3D AM company, then? 😂

[Cassie Lowell -- Cofounder @ Studio 3e8 @CassLowell]

@CrumblCookies I'd want to pass these off to my cookie-lover co-founder Emma for working so hard on our startup this week: we've been managing projects for 4 different interns while also fielding a ton of investor calls and all the research/data prep that comes with that. She could use a break!

[Cassie Lowell -- Cofounder @ Studio 3e8 @CassLowell]

@KylieBourjaily I also do this, but I definitely also consider: if they’ve offered to give me a way to contact them in the future while we were still at the event, that seems like a pretty clear indication that a friendly follow up is OK! And if they don’t reply, I’ll leave it at that.

[Cassie Lowell -- Cofounder @ Studio 3e8 @CassLowell]

@jackyhuang @Harvard I’m SO GLAD to see engineering ethics courses on the list. In this world, building not just the RIGHT products and systems, but ones that benefit humanity without causing additional harm, is so important!

[Cassie Lowell -- Cofounder @ Studio 3e8 @CassLowell]

Overheard two women behind me at the airport:
Woman 1: Yeah, do any women actually want to be CEOs?
Woman 2: None of the girls I know do…

Meanwhile, I’m messaging my female cofounder about a meeting w/ one of our users, another female entrepreneur. Glad I hang out where I do.💖

[Cassie Lowell -- Cofounder @ Studio 3e8 @CassLowell]

Always get a good laugh out of the LinkedIn reachouts to me as a founder that say things like "Your (descriptor) team at [your startup]" already works with us..."

I'm fairly certain we don't, because very early stage startups, the co-founders *are* the (everything) department 🤣

[Cassie Lowell -- Cofounder @ Studio 3e8 @CassLowell]

In my off hours, I recharge with creative output: I've got a sewing build and a suit of armor both half-designed/patterned in my sketchbook. I've got campaign notes for D&D on Monday w/a few maps to draw, and talking music w/some pals has me amped to sing/compose/record again!

[Cassie Lowell -- Cofounder @ Studio 3e8 @CassLowell]

Fun question Friday: what's your side-project?

I started my venture as a "side project" while I had a day job: I'm the kind of creator who always needs 2-3 balls in the air to feel content & be able to gear-switch depending where my head's at.

So, what are YOU working on?