I get to meet some amazing people during our TC Makers shoots and TechShop CEO Mark Hatch is no exception. A former Green Beret, Hatch is the kind of guy who can build a PCB in the morning and run a million-dollar network of amazing technology workshops in the afternoon. TechShop, which began in Menlo Park and expanded across the country, is a membership-based workshop where anyone can learn to do almost anything. They have 3D printers, laser cutters, and soldering stations. You can learn to build something as small as a quarter or something as big as a house and TechShop gives you the tools you need to build either.
TechShop, like most workshops, gives you the tools to prototype and make on a small scale and, thanks to Hatch’s network of makers, the opportunity to mass produce once you’ve completed your dream product. Hatch and I took a walk through the San Francisco space and talked about the billions of dollars worth of value generated by TechShops so far and the future of hardware manufacturing. Check it out! If you and your hardware company would like to be featured on TC Makers email me at john @ beta.techcrunch.com.
