Bob Swartz's guest appearances

Bob Swartz

Byers & Co. Interviews

In the Box with Modern Dealership Magazine

Macro Micro Michael Marco & Startups at the Edge (M4Edge)

Dan Cummins

Thomas John

Karla Miller

Kevin Johnson

Scott Johnson

John Oliver

Scott Morgan

MIKE PHILLIPS

Tony Brown

Jared Dillian

Trent Horn

Lisa Gregory

ERIC SMITH

Martin Atkins

Kathy Carter

OwlTail

November 17, 2020 - Bob Swartz talks about the HSHS Star Lighting tradition and what his family has meant to him, especially throughout the pandemic.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

November 17, 2020 - Bob Swartz talks about the HSHS Star Lighting tradition and what his family has meant to him, especially throughout the pandemic.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Bob Swartz - November 17, 2020

We asked Bob Swartz, CEO of the Fenton Family Dealership Group, how he views disruptors to the automotive retail industry like Tesla and Carvana. Are they threats or just fly-by-night companies that pose no harm? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/inthebox/message

We asked Bob Swartz, CEO of the Fenton Family Dealership Group, how he views disruptors to the automotive retail industry like Tesla and Carvana. Are they threats or just fly-by-night companies that pose no harm? --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://anchor.fm/inthebox/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/inthebox/message</a>

Bob Swartz | CEO Fenton Family Dealerships | How are Dealers Dealing with Disruptors like Tesla and Carvana?

Today’s episode is  a conversation with Bob Swartz, the founder and chairman of Impossible Objects. Although that title does a disservice to his resume. He literally grew up in in the manufacturing business, watching his father figure out how to design and build things; he’s been a consultant to the MIT Media lab, he’s got several patents, which he’s licensed to major corporations … through his own patent licensing company; he’s founded and operated software companies, advertising companies, telephony companies; he is a true polymath. He’s also something of a philosopher, which makes for a wonderful conversation.As for Bob's current company, Impossible Objects, It uses a composite based additive manufacturing process - CBAM -  which yields superior material properties. Like the other additive manufacturing companies we interview for this miniseries, Impossible Objects is aimed for the big boy manufacturing market – some of the users they brag about include Ford and the US Air Force. But this conversation with Bob is about much more than their customers, its about technological change, psychological lock in, economic ripple effects of new technologies, and more. AND, outside of a fantastic and fanstastical scene in Woody Allen’s Annie Hall, this conversation has my favorite use of Marshal McLuhan to make a point. :)If you haven’t already done so, you may want to check out episode 1 with Ben Redwood of 3DHubs, both to help you understand some of the technical terms used in this conversation – Ben goes through many of the different technologies that make up the current universe of 3D printing, and to get the URLs for some free material about 3DPrinting, created by 3DHubs. Ben also talks about the industry at large, which may give you some useful context. One last thing – immediately after the conversation with Bob, we’ve got a quick update from Ricky Buch, so stick around for Ricky's Reports from the Edge.

Today’s episode is  a conversation with Bob Swartz, the founder and chairman of <a href="https://www.impossible-objects.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Impossible Objects.</a> Although that title does a disservice to his resume. He literally grew up in in the manufacturing business, watching his father figure out how to design and build things; he’s been a consultant to the MIT Media lab, he’s got several patents, which he’s licensed to major corporations … through his own patent licensing company; he’s founded and operated software companies, advertising companies, telephony companies; he is a true polymath. He’s also something of a philosopher, which makes for a wonderful conversation. As for Bob's current company, Impossible Objects, It uses a composite based additive manufacturing process - CBAM -  which yields superior material properties. Like the other additive manufacturing companies we interview for this miniseries, Impossible Objects is aimed for the big boy manufacturing market – some of the users they brag about include Ford and the US Air Force. But this conversation with Bob is about much more than their customers, its about technological change, psychological lock in, economic ripple effects of new technologies, and more. AND, outside of a fantastic and fanstastical scene in Woody Allen’s Annie Hall, this conversation has my favorite use of Marshal McLuhan to make a point. :) If you haven’t already done so, you may want to check out episode 1 with Ben Redwood of <a href="https://www.3dhubs.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">3DHubs</a>, both to help you understand some of the technical terms used in this conversation – Ben goes through many of the different technologies that make up the current universe of 3D printing, and to get the URLs for some free material about 3DPrinting, created by 3DHubs. Ben also talks about the industry at large, which may give you some useful context. One last thing – immediately after the conversation with Bob, we’ve got a quick update from Ricky Buch, so stick around for Ricky's Reports from the Edge.

Technological change and psychological lock-in with Bob Swartz of Impossible Objects