S9 Bonus: David Hartmann, Helio Additive

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4.6 • 216 Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

David Hartmann is a German born New Zealander, where he still lives today. His first job was to spend 17 years at Bayer, getting deep in the materials world, which triggered his passion for 3d printing. Outside of tech, he is raising 2 kids in New Zealand, which he notes is a great place to do so. He also travels a lot, which he loves, and mentioned that traditional cooking for New Zealand is something that doesn't happen often, and his cooking with hot stones under the earth. In 2014, David took a sabbatical from his Corporate job. He started to dig into 3d printing, and ended up meeting the founder of Polymer. They started talking about why the industry hadn't accomplished much of the things they had hoped, and they realized that software was generally, the answer. This is the creation story of Helio Additive. Our Sponsors: * Check out Kinsta: https://kinsta.com * Check out Red Hat: https://www.redhat.com * Check out Vanta: https://vanta.com/CODESTORY Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	When we started, there was hardly anything in scientific literature in this area, right?
0:03.9	We had to do a lot of experimentation and a lot of going down the wrong path coming back.
0:09.7	In that kind of situation, you're less likely to build an MVP because you don't want to jump straight to a solution.
0:15.9	And what you're more doing is saying, do I understand this industry well enough to believe that this is such a big
0:23.7	problem to solve, that it's worth spending multiple years on this topic? And in our case, we were so
0:30.8	embedded in the industry that it was pretty clear to say, yes, we understand this well enough
0:35.4	to know there is a problem, and the problem
0:37.5	is really big, and it's worth spending this time on. My name is David Hartman. I'm the CEO and founder
0:42.5	of Helio Abbottaker.
0:46.8	This is Code Story. A podcast bringing you interviews with tech visionaries.
0:52.3	It's six months moonlighting.
0:53.9	There's nothing at the backcats.
0:55.8	Who share what it takes to change in industry.
0:58.3	I don't exactly know what to do next.
1:00.2	It took many goes to get right.
1:02.0	Who built the teams that have their back.
1:04.7	The company is its people.
1:06.1	The teams help each other achieve.
1:07.5	Most proud of our team.
1:09.1	Keeping scalability top of mind.
1:11.6	All that infrastructure is a pain.
1:12.8	Yes, we've been fighting it as a group.
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