“Crowdfunding”, an interesting way to start a business using OPM (other people’s money). A quick 10 minute check on Kickstarter, which, apparently, is the world’s leading crowdfunding web-site, revealed three companies that have successfully raised funds for their 3D printing equipment manufacturing businesses.  There are bound to be lots of others; these are just the…

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Bluebeam Software Invests in the Advancement of Design and Construction Education at the Associated Schools of Construction 27th Annual Student Competition Bluebeam Gives Students a Head Start Through Innovative Digital Project Communication and Collaboration Solutions Pasadena, CA and Sparks, NV (February 6, 2014) This week, Bluebeam® Software, leading developer of PDF-based markup, measurement and collaboration…

I received this letter, this morning in my e-mail in-box, from Service Point Solutions.  Evidently, the parent company of SP USA and Chris Fowler International has been “in administration under the insolvency laws” since this past October. Barcelona, 11 Feb 2014 Dear Sir/Madam, This letter is to inform you that as of 23rd October 2013,…

I recently came across the article on the web-site of fundinguniverse.com, and it was of interest to me because — a) I knew the CEO of Graphic Industries, b) I was friends with Carter Pope, the CEO’s son, c) I was acquainted with one of the printing-industry authors mentioned in the write-up (M. Richard Vinocur),…

Yesterday, Service Point Solutions filed three separate documents with the financial regulatory agency that’s Spain’s equivalent to the U.S. S.E.C. All of the documents were in Spanish.  If I’ve interpreted the Google-Translate translations at least somewhat accurately, the first two documents, basically, said this: SPS’s stock has been temporarily suspended from trading. The company ARALIA…