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Lesson #6: Patents and protecting your ideas legally

June 19, 2022

In this lesson I interview an intellectual property (IP) lawyer with 10+ years of experience in the field. We talk about design patents, utility patents, provisional patent applications and much more.

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Business, Manufacturing

Lesson #5: Minimizing upfront cost

May 29, 2022

In this lesson I go over some generalizable tips for how you can decrease the startup cost of your physical product development.

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Business

Lesson #4: Creating the project brief

May 25, 2022

In this lesson I discuss how to setup the project brief, and also I share the template I use.

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Business

Lesson #3: Understanding what customers want

May 17, 2022

In this week’s lesson I discuss how to understand what your potential customers actually want.

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Business, Design, Innovation

Lesson #1: Innovating for market success

April 29, 2022
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Business, Manufacturing, Sourcing

Where to Assemble Your Product

February 21, 2022

In this video I discuss two different supply chain configurations that you can use for handling product assembly.

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Business, Manufacturing

The logistics of importing products from China

July 3, 2021

I recently sat down with Bill Tackaberry, CFO at MorphoMFG, to discuss the ins and outs of importing from China. If you have any desire to launch a physical product I think you will find this conversation golden.

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User interviews
Business, Guide, Innovation

Tips for Conducting Customer Research

September 27, 2020

Regardless of the type of customer research you are conducting there are some guiding principles that you should keep in mind.

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Business, Design

Lowering Certification Cost of Electric Products

July 14, 2020

Snippet from the 1h+ interview I did with Caspar ter Horst on certifying hardware products. Caspar is the co-founder and Managing Director at ProductIP.

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Business

Patterns of Success Among Hardware Businesses

January 3, 2020

In this article I would like to share some commonalities I have noticed among hardware businesses that succeed.

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Recent Posts
  • Lesson #6: Patents and protecting your ideas legally June 19, 2022
  • Lesson #5: Minimizing upfront cost May 29, 2022
  • Lesson #4: Creating the project brief May 25, 2022
  • Lesson #3: Understanding what customers want May 17, 2022

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