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195: Pivoting to PPE with Christina Perla

08.12.2020 - By Mandy MoorePlay

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02:33 - Christina’s Superpower: Resourcefulness, Industrial Design

Pratt Institute

Building Physical Mockups of Items

Learning on The Go

07:30 - Starting Makelab; Inspiration for 3D Printing

Enabling Creatives

Mitigating Risk

Clientele

15:15 - Pivoting to PPE in Lieu of COVID-19

Making Faceshields

Handling Orders

22:04 - Advice for Other Women Who Want to Start a Business

Focus on What You Don’t Know

Stay Close to Customers

23:42 - Women in 3D Printing

Organizing a Community

Networking

Community Outreach & Support

Responsibilities as a Founder

35:15 - Liking What You Do

Recognizing Emotional Patterns

Hacking Your Emotional API – John K. Sawers

42:30 - Tackling Burnout and Getting Creative Juices Flowing Again

Going Back to Your “Why”

Feeling Changes and Self-Reflection

45:46 - Developing and Allocating Revenue to Respond to Current Events

3D Printing for Emergency Situations

Prototyping and Always Iterating

55:30 - Manufacturing Jigs – Building the Tools to Build the Tools

Tool Making: A Practical Treatise On the Art of Making Tools, Jigs, and Fixtures, with Helpful Suggestions On Heat Treatment of Carbon and High-Speed Steels for Tools, Punches, and Dies

59:23 - Adaptive Capacity

Embracing Discomfort

Going First

Reflections:

John: Being in touch with your feelings as a business skill.

Christina M.: Stop, drop, and remember my why.

Rein: Maintaining capacity for maneuver.

Christina P.: Emotions as APIs.

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