Creative Design Engineering

Just wanted to share 11 quick Prototyping Tips to help in your next project.

Product Development Often Takes 3x Longer Than Planned Speed to market is a critical competitive advantage. But product development is a...

If you're not slightly embarrassed to show your first prototype build, then you waited too long to build it. Show it early. Figure out...

I generally recommend the following: What if you sold a product and someone 'ripped it off' It might be Amazon ripping off the Everyday...

I'm thinking of filing a patent application for a surveillance drone that's powered by children's laughter. Assuming it's approved, the...

Don't dilute your product's true value by stuffing too many creative ideas into one release.

Focus on the customer and usability.

Don't 'build an app'. Create a solution. Then use technology to scale it. Knowing this in my 20s would have saved me 5+ years of wasted work

This is the first step in testing the requirements of your design.

Whether this is in design, engineering, or building a prototype Sometimes it's best to just Start Over.

Design for X (DfX, DFX) or Design for Excellence where "X" is a variable that can have many different values.

Done is better than perfect.

I've been in product design and development (R&D) for almost 10 years. I've seen a lot of successful projects, and I've also seen a lot...

Frequently, inventors come to me asking for help with design for injection molding. Usually, it's a molding company that has told them to...

How do you start a profitable $100M business? By growing a profitable $100k business. Success isn't a step function It's a series of...

I’ve seen too many design projects stall out in the pursuit of perfection. I like to say, done is better than perfect. Get to a MVP...

When I'm stuck on a challenging problem, I like to ask unrelated/random questions. Questions that force me to think about the problem...

I've heard it said that there few creatives and millions of critics. A critic sees what IS, and asks questions: Why did they do it this...

Let me know if you want help navigating your next product development program.

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