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Investing at a micro scaleInvesting at a micro scaleA personal journey to becoming a micro-VC…A personal journey to becoming a micro-VC…

My first fabrication project: Campus CarpetsMy first fabrication project: Campus Carpets

Community business: LasonCommunity business: Lason

Micro-VC: The Fab CompanyMicro-VC: The Fab Company

A lesson in small scale production and the joy of starting a business

A lesson in reproducing business models – bringing franchising to outsourcing

Marrying machines that make machines with businesses that make businesses

Business of Investment: Private EquityBusiness of Investment: Private Equity

A lesson in keeping it small or losing the joy of ownership

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Invest in activities thatenable fabrication

Fab enabling

Invest in enterprises thatare enabled by fabrication

Fab enabled

Personal and Workgroup FabricationPersonal and Workgroup FabricationEnabling sustainable models of ownership…Enabling sustainable models of ownership…

Until a machine can truly make itself…

…it should at least help pay for itself.

FABCOMPANY

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COMPANY

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Invest in activities thatenable fabrication

Fab enabling

Invest in enterprises thatare enabled by fabrication

Fab enabled

Personal and Workgroup FabricationPersonal and Workgroup FabricationProviding commercial support to early adopters…Providing commercial support to early adopters…

Seed a robust open-source project with design and

production tools

Facilitate access to and setup of useful equipment bundles

Moderate an active online community to encourage

sharing of tools, tips, and inventions

Co-invest in the creation of workgroup fabrication facilities

with early adopters

Partner with early adopters to develop effective learning

frameworks

FABCOMPANY

THEFAB

COMPANY

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Invest in activities thatenable fabrication

Fab enabling

Invest in enterprises thatare enabled by fabrication

Fab enabled

Personal and Workgroup FabricationPersonal and Workgroup FabricationProviding capital and expertise to entrepreneurs…Providing capital and expertise to entrepreneurs…

Learn from the successes of micro-finance initiatives in

developing countries

Balance financial return with social return

Help entrepreneurs partner with the local community for

support

Develop investment models that can be effective at a very

small scale (micro-VC)

Develop business infrastructure that can be

shared among similar small enterprises (reproducable

business models)

FABCOMPANY

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COMPANY

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Personal and Workgroup FabricationPersonal and Workgroup FabricationEnabling sustainable models of ownership…Enabling sustainable models of ownership…

www.fabcompany.com

Machines that make machines…

…businesses that make businesses.

…need……need…