Sketchfab - Hardwired (9)

3D trends & startup lessons

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http://sketchfab.com






Alban Denoyel

Co-founder & CEO @ Sketchfab

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The world is in 3D








3D scanning








3D is hard








3D world <> 2D web








A web platformto publish, share and embed

interactive 3D files









http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ff15EwFjukQ














100k 3D files








https://www.opendesk.cc/lean/desk

http://africanfossils.org/search

https://sketchfab.com/models/375ae80dc7e34b229cc9739b1ce92e2b

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/an-interactive-3d-model-of-the-jfk-assassination-site-grassy-knoll-and-all-180947812/?no-ist

Lessons learned








Don’t do it alone








Accelerators can help








Don’t raise too much too soon

April 2012

Launch

2 people

January 2013

$500k

3 people

December 2013

$2m

10 people








Distribution is keyCREATE SHARE








Have a foot in the US








Leverage your community








Do things that scale








Tech


WebGL & HTML5







Product








infrastructure








team








Do it!








Technology

Sketchfab - Hardwired (9)