Scott Montgomerie (Scope AR) on Startups, Y Combinator, and Building Spacecraft with AR
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The Guest
Scott Montgomerie is the co-founder & CEO of Scope AR, the first augmented reality knowledge management company.
Earlier in his career, Scott started his first job writing code at 17, and his company got acquired by Intuit. After several years there, he set off to become a serial entrepreneur.
Since founding Scope AR in 2011, Scott was one of the first to get multi-billion-dollar companies to use augmented reality tools. He and his team have simplified adoption and deployment of AR across a number of industries, and today, Scope AR address challenges around problem resolution and guided work instruction experienced by Toyota, Lockheed Martin, Unilever, Prince Castle, and others.
The Conversation
In this conversation, Scott shares how he juggled going to college while working at the startup that was acquired by Intuit. He talks about his journey as an entrepreneur and shares some epiphanies he had along the way.
He goes on to share his early explorations with AR, as well as his experience taking Scope through Y Combinator, a highly selective startup accelerator.
He also discusses the significant impact Scope’s products are having on his customers, including the return on investment, and where the company is headed in the future.
Links From The Episode
- Article: Scope AR secures $9.7M to bring enterprise-ready augmented reality to workers by siliconAngle
- Site: Modsy – Custom 3D Online Room Design
- Book: Capitalism without Capital: The Rise of the Intangible Economy by Jonathan Haskel and Stian Westlake
- Episode Transcript