216: 5 Key Tips For Starting Your Product Development Journey

Wade Harmidy, an esteemed project manager at MAKO Design + Invent, dedicates his meticulously cultivated expertise to guiding inventors and hardware startups through their product development journeys. Armed with an impressive academic background that includes an Honours Bachelor of Science degree and a Post Graduate Certificate in Quality Assurance, in addition to a prestigious Six Sigma Black Belt certification in Project Management, Wade is a beacon of knowledge in his field. Today, he graciously shares key tips for modern inventors, startups, and small-scale manufacturers. He expounds upon how to best navigate the beginning of your product development journey by revealing 5 indispensable strategies that will ensure you succeed in your product venture.

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Key Takeaways in This Episode:

• What are the core factors that dictate how your product journey will go?

• Having a definitive vision for what your invention will achieve or what problem it is solving is integral.

• The clearer your vision is in the initial stages, the more likely it is that an experienced team will be able to help you realize your vision.

• Write down your product vision! Shoot for fewer words than more words.

• Have something tangible to bring to the product engineering firm. You don’t need to be an artist! Just get the idea down.

• Make sure to consider the end user and what your product accomplishes for them.

• MVP design is a key tenet.

• Setting realistic deadlines is incredibly important!

• Cutting corners often leads to failure!

• Plan for the big picture and all of the key milestones you need to hit.

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Producer: MAKO Design + Invent is the original firm providing world-class consumer product development services tailored to startups, small manufacturers, and inventors. Simply put, we are the leading one-stop shop for developing your physical product from idea to store shelves, all in a high-quality, cost-effective, and timely manner. We operate as one powerhouse 30-person product design team spread across 4 offices to serve you (Austin, Miami, San Francisco, & Toronto). We have full-stack in-house industrial design, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, patent referral, prototyping, and