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This episode is a re-run.
 

In this episode, we have the founder of Solidworks and, more recently, Onshape, Jon Hirschtick, a legend in the CAD industry. In our conversation, you’ll hear about how Solidworks was started, how it grew, and how it led to Jon’s decision to found Onshape. Listeners will also learn how Onshape makes CAD design faster and more collaborative through its suite of innovative features and native cloud platform. 

Main Topics:

• Jon Hirschtick's path to becoming an engineer
• The founding and early days of SolidWorks
• Technical challenges in developing SolidWorks
• User feedback and the impact of SolidWorks
• The inspiration and vision behind Onshape
• Unique features and benefits of Onshape
• Transitioning from SolidWorks to Onshape
• Onshape's pricing and market position
• Future developments and innovations in Onshape
• Advice for engineer entrepreneurs

About the guest: Jon is Chief Evangelist at PTC, where he focuses on Onshape, the world's first and only cloud native CAD and PDM system which includes rendering, collaboration, workflow, analytics, and many other tools. Jon is also the former General Manager as well as the Co-founder and former CEO of Onshape.

Prior to Onshape, in 1993, Jon founded SolidWorks and served as CEO, Group Executive and Board Member until 2011 watching SolidWorks grow to 2 million users and over $500 million / year in revenue.

Links:
Jon Hirschtick - LinkedIn
PTC website

 

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