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3 Leather Projects You Can Make With Glowforge
Ready to move past the limitations of blade cutters into the power of lasers? Glowforge Craft Lasers open up a whole new world making! Glowforge Spark and Glowforge Aura both use a powerful beam of light to bring your ...
Glowforge Completed its Series A with an Investor we Never Met
We’ve just raised a $9M Series A financing round. Leading the round was Brad Feld from Foundry group, which puts an unusual burden on me as CEO: following in the footsteps of my friends and role models Rand and Danielle,...
We’re adding a warranty
One of our most common requests from customers is that they would like us to add a standard warranty. OK! We’re going to do it. While this isn’t the full legal warranty (coming soon, from our friendly neighborhood lawyer...
Anatomy of a 5 Million Dollar Week
It’s been a wild ride in the last seven days – since we launched Glowforge at Makerfaire, we’ve had more than $5M in pre-orders. To put that in perspective, the most-backed 3D printer in history (as best we can tell) ra...
Glowforge Owner Bruce: Realtor by Day, Side Hustle by Night
Yesterday you met Marissa, who went from passively making pillows to proactively producing prolific profits with Glowforge. Today, is all about another breed of small business: the side hustlers. The weekend warriors. T...
Five Simple Tips to Take Photos That Look as Great as the Real Thing
There’s nothing more exciting than bringing your idea to life – except for maybe doing it at the push of a button! Here at Glowforge, we all get giddy watching #glowforge on Instagram populate with pictures of new amazin...
Increasing the speed of light: This morning, your Glowforge 3D Laser Printer is up to four times as fast
Five years ago, we set out to create your Glowforge as a living product – one that would give you years of use and joy, long after it’s left our hands. We’ve been doing our best for the past few years to surprise and del...
Glowforge Gift Guide: Six Finds for the Chefs and Foodies
Despite the short days and early sunsets, this time of year is our favorite – and we bet you can relate. It’s because, with the holidays right around the corner, we get to create unique and meaningful gifts for those we ...