The Product Startup Podcast is the hardware product development industry's #1 podcast. From invention idea to getting onto store shelves, and everything in between. Hear how inventors, product startups, & small manufacturers created their inventions and launched their physical product businesses. Learn from the industry's top industrial designers, mechanical engineers, PCB designers, consumer product managers, manufacturers, patent attorneys, hardware investors, and more. Learn about industrial design / product design, prototyping, 3d printing, additive manufacturing, product manufacturing, marketing, selling, patenting, logistics, and product business scaling. Hosted by Kevin Mako, North America’s leading expert on product development for physical product startups, founder of MAKO Design + Invent, keynote speaker, and Masters of Engineering lecturer. Sponsored by PTC’s best-in-class software solutions Onshape: The only cloud-native product development platform that delivers full-featured computer-aided design (CAD), integrated product data management (PDM) and enterprise analytics in a single system, and Creo: 3D CAD solution that provides designers with the most innovative tools to build better products faster, such as generative design, additive manufacturing, real-time simulation, IoT, and augmented reality. Produced by MAKO Design + Invent, the original firm providing world-class consumer product development services tailored to startups, small manufacturers, and inventors.
Mar. 23, 2023
With Paul Rowan, Co-Founder of Umbra
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Mar. 16, 2023
Jackson Wightman, Co-Author of The Tech PR Playbook
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Mar. 9, 2023
With Steve Multer, Author & Corporate Storyteller
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Mar. 2, 2023
With Kyle Dumont, Founder of AllSpice
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Feb. 23, 2023
With Tim Uys, Director of Design at MAKO Design
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Feb. 16, 2023
With Brian Thompson, Head of CREO at PTC
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Feb. 9, 2023
With Will Ford, President of LaunchBoom
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Feb. 2, 2023
With Noah Graff, Vice President at Graff-Pinkert Machinery
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January 26, 2023
With Daniel Bischoff, Former Head of Growth at Purple Mattress
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January 18, 2023
With Ashley Black, Founder of FasciaBlaster
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January 11, 2023
With Dave Duncan, VP Sustainability at PTC
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January 04, 2023
With Mike Stemple, Author of Innovating Innovation
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December 28, 2022
With Ben Drury, Co-Founder of Yoto
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December 21, 2022
With Forde Aley, Co-Founder of Shining Way Sourcing
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December 14, 2022
Jonas Rinde, Founder of Nomono
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December 7, 2022
With Joe Dunne, Director of Partnerships at PTC
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November 30, 2022
With Brad Pedersen, Co-Founder at Pela
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November 23, 2022
With Michael Solomon, Professor of Marketing
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November 16, 2022
With Robert Irwin, Lead Industrial Designer
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November 9, 2022
With Mike Morton, Industrial Design Leader
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November 2, 2022
With Jim Cermak, Founder of Trade Show University
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October 26, 2022
With Morgan Teachworth, VP of Engineering at Cisco Meraki
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October 19, 2022
With Michael Corr, Founder of Duro PDM
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October 12, 2022
With Hussain Almossawi, Author of The Innovator’s Handbook
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October 5, 2022
With Chris Moe, Co-Founder of Cartograph
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September 28, 2022
With Don Skaggs, President of The Fulson Group
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September 21st, 2022
With Mike Deigan, VP of Global Link Sourcing
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September 14th, 2022
With Scott Brogan, President of Company Expert
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September 7th, 2022
With Nigel Southway, Author of Take Back Manufacturing
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August 31st, 2022
With Marc Inkol, President at Explorer Research
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August 24th, 2022
With Stew Redwine, VP Creative at Oxford Road
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August 17th, 2022
With Matt Selbie, President of Opiniator
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August 10th, 2022
With Jem Bourouh, Partner at Accelerated
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August 3rd, 2022
With Jake Schmidt, CEO of Structured Agency
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July 27, 2022
With Bill Dickinson, 35-Year Sales Executive
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July 20, 2022
With Jacob Anson, Cofounder of Agency JR
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July 13, 2022
With Todd Drouillard, Science and Technology at HED
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July 6, 2022
With Jos Harrison, Global Head of design at Reckitt
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June 22, 2022
With Tim Bucciarelli, Director at IronPlane
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About: 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 manufacturing services. To assist our startup and inventor clients, in addition to above, we help with business strategy, product strategy, marketing, and sales/distribution for all consumer product categories. Also, our founder Kevin Mako hosts The Product Startup Podcast, the industry's leading hardware podcast. Check it out for tips, interviews, and best practices for hardware startups, inventors, and product developers. Click HERE to learn more about MAKO Design + Invent!
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