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Are you open to an alternative to the traditional, over-priced design and development firm model? Product QuickStart delivers experience-driven product design and development services in a cost-efficient, streamlined way. Our services are specifically geared toward small to mid-sized companies, startups, inventor-entrepreneurs, and larger organizations that still embrace an entrepreneurial spirit. We look forward to helping you launch your next product!
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Product QuickStart develops real products for the real world. Unlike many other product development firms that proudly show pretty pictures of product CONCEPTS, we develop ACTUAL products that reach the market. Check out the innovation marketplace for links where you can purchase products we’ve developed. Contact us, and let’s get your product developed and added to this list too!
Product QuickStart's Services
We are here to provide as much, or as little, help as you need.
What will it take to manufacture your product? What can be improved? Find out with a strategic advisory session…
We can help you build the vision of what your product will achieve. Excite your prospective customers and investors…
With our prototypes, clients have the opportunity to demonstrate their innovations in a very real, very powerful way…
Our Industrial Designers have worked on a broad range of projects, from medical equipment to cars. We start with rapid hand visualization concepts and move quickly to 3D CAD models…
Our highly experienced engineers bridge the gap between design and manufacturing to make the product development process as smooth as possible for you…
Product QuickStart builds robust supply chains for our clients through a network of hundreds of vetted, audited suppliers…
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Articles and Best Practices
Crazy Things That Inventors Do
Passion is a great thing! In fact, we started Product QuickStart because we thrive on the passion that entrepreneurs have for their businesses. But, sometimes passion can blind even the most business savvy of entrepreneurs. In my career, I’ve seen inventors do some brilliant things, and I’ve seen some brilliant inventors do things they wish …
Launching an Electronic Product
The following article was written by Kristin, CEO of InMotion Albums. InMotion is one of Product QuickStart’s clients, and we’ve delighted in being a part of their journey from idea to product launch. Kristin’s article (reblogged with permission) offers a fantastic narrative of the steps that she and her company have been through to bring …
Design Around Your Own Patent
Someone will probably do it. That someone should be you! You dealt with the problem for years with your “work arounds”. As frustrating as they were, the work-arounds at least made the task a little easier or less problematic. Still, you always knew that there had to be a better way. Then, one day, you …
Successful Crowdfunding Requires a Strong Plan
Brandon T. Adams is a “Lifestyle Entrepreneur”, inventor, and crowdfunding expert. Founder of the University of Young Entrepreneurs, Brandon is an authority on crowdfunding who has ‘been there, and done that’. Mr. Adams successfully funded a product on Kickstarter, and has worked through the steps of product design and development, marketing, and manufacturing. Brandon is …
Timing the Retail Launch of an Invention
Jim DeBetta is an Invention and Retail Product Specialist, and his company, DeBetta Enterprises helps entrepreneurs find retail homes for their products. Guess how long it takes to get a product on retail shelves?The answer may surprise you, but on average from the time a product is shown to a retail buyer until it is …
Not Another Brainstorm!?
Brainstorm. noun: a violent transient fit of insanity On their dictionary website, Webster’s defines brainstorming as a way of developing new ideas through “intense group meeting encouraging uninhibited and spontaneous contributions from all members” Over time, enough books and articles have been written about the idea of brainstorming that it would take weeks to read …
Patenting Strategy for Startups
Jackie Hutter has been recognized for the last ten years for her innovative insights in creating value from IP Strategy with the peer-awarded Top Global IP Strategist by Intellectual Asset Magazine. Ms. Hutter’s IP Strategy clients have been varied, and include a Fortune 500 consumer hardware company, a large alternative energy company, several funded medical …
Perspective: How much do I really need to raise on Kickstarter to launch my product or invention?
Kickstarter, and other crowdfunding sites like Indiegogo, have created an unprecedented level of access to funding for inventors, entrepreneurs, and start-ups. It’s easier than ever before to develop a new product, manufacture it, and launch it to market, but it’s also easier than ever before to make some huge mistakes, which can sink an otherwise …
Minimum Viable Product. What is it, and why is it important?
In my career, I have developed products for a wide range of clients. Some are huge, multinational corporations, others are established mid-sized companies, and others are start-ups or entrepreneurs. One thing they have in common is the desire to innovate and develop the right products to propel their businesses forward. What that “right product” is, …
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Dude, what’s your problem? If you’ve got a solution looking for a problem, you’ve got a REAL problem.
I meet with inventors and entrepreneurs all the time. One of the great joys I take in my career is seeing the passion that these innovators have for their ideas, and for the businesses they are building. Almost all of the inventor-entrepreneurs I meet have a story of inspiration – the epiphany they had that …
The Risks of Going it Alone in China
The internet gives us all greater access to Asian sourcing, but what are the dangers? I’ve been working with inventor-entrepreneurs and start-ups for fifteen years, and I’ve helped them innovate and develop products in all sorts of industries. Toys, tools, medical devices, consumer goods, professional equipment – if I took the time to think of …
Faster Horses, or “Why I like Working with Startups.”
Automotive pioneer Henry Ford is famously credited with saying “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses”. Of course, we all know that Ford didn’t deliver faster horses – he innovated an automobile that middle class Americans could afford. In some ways, he helped define the American middle class …
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Inventing can be Risky Business! Why can success be so elusive?
In my career, I work with inventor-entrepreneurs on a daily basis. Some are experienced business people, some are new to the concept of building a business, and some really have no clue what building a business entails. But, one thing they have in common is that they are passionate about their ideas and inventions – …
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A lot of inventors are artists. And, that’s a problem.
No, I’m not saying that artists make bad inventors, or that inventors shouldn’t have an artistic side to them. But, there is a very important distinction between developing something for yourself, and developing something for a broader group of users. In many ways, that distinction parallels the differences between ‘art’ and ‘design’. In a fundamental …
A lot of inventors are artists. And, that’s a problem. Read More »
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