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Question Answered: How do you coordinate the revision process for your product?

How do you coordinate the revision process with a supplier? What happens when you need to change something about you design? Maybe a wall needs to be thicker to be more rigid, a moving part needs more clearance to reduce friction, or a simple design tweak will allow for more reliable injection moulding pours. In […]

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Question Answered: What is the Best way to Develop a Prototype in the Health & Beauty Field?

Question: What is the Best way to Develop a Prototype in the Health & Beauty Field? What is the development process to go from idea to finished product?   Answer: For a physical product such as a razor, toothbrush, nose hair trimmer, or electric razor you can start with a 3D printed prototype of your idea. […]

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How To Prototype a Product

How to prototype a product: What do you do with a prototype? The major reasons to prototype your design are: Market research and determination – make sure that there is even a market for your product before you totally develop it! Check the fit of your product: does everything assemble and fit together? Is the […]

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The Three Traits of a Winning Invention

The Three Traits of a Winning Invention By Stephen Key As an aspiring product business owner, one of the authors you should read and follow is Stephen Key. Most of his ideas and pieces of advice are directly geared towards licensing your ideas – which is also a good business model for physical products. I’ve […]

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Product Idea Generation

Product Idea Generation: The very first step At the very start of your journey you have to go through product idea generation.  Sure it’s nice to know more about the entire process while you are working on your ideas, but it’s much better to choose an example product for this process. And if you are […]

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Product Design Approach

Product Design – Turning your idea into a functioning design. It is now time for some product design since you have defined your idea, determined the benefits that it will present to your customers, as possibly even sketched out some ideas on a napkin or back of an envelope. Going through the product design process […]

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Introduction to the Product Business Lifestyle

What is the Product Business Lifestyle So you have read the 4-Hour Workweek (4HWW) and have decided that the physical product business lifestyle is for you. Maybe you’re learning about internet marketing, already have digital information products out there, and now want to get into something more tangible. Or perhaps you have noticed a hole […]

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Product Design Process – Initial Glimpse

Here is your first glimpse at the product design process steps required to move a physical product from the idea stage to being a real item for sale. The length of time it takes for you to run through this precess really depends on the amount of time you can devote to this project every […]

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