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. Now hosted by Kevin Mako, one of the keynote leaders of the startup product development industry in North America, founder of Mako Design + Invent, and Masters of Engineering lecturer.
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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June 15, 2022
With John Carter, Past Chief Engineer at Bose
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June 8, 2022
With Piotr Zajac, CEO of Untitled Kingdom
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June 1, 2022
With Tom Pupo, Founder of Moonlighter Miami
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May 25, 2022
With Mark Maybury, CTO of Stanley Black and Decker
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May 11, 2022
With Dougal Grimes, VP Innovation at SpinMaster Toys
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April 27, 2022
With Ryan Lewendon, Partner at Giannuzzi Lewendon LLP
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April 20, 2022
With Gil Bar-Lev, Founder of HomeRoots
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April 13, 2022
With John McEleney, Co-Founder of OnShape
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April 6, 2022
With Alexander Manu, Author & Lecturer
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March 30, 2022
With Karin Lindner, Author of Make Manufacturing Sexy
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March 23, 2022
With Kelly Schmutte, Lecturer at Stanford d.School
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March 16, 2022
With Leidy Klotz, Professor at University of Virginia
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March 9, 2022
With Peter-Paul Van Hoeken, CEO of FrontFundr
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March 2, 2022
With Tom Gray, CEO of the Make48 TV Show
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February 23, 2022
With Dan Klitsner, Inventor of Bop It
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February 16, 2022
With Magnus Skold, Senior Industrial Design at Mako Design
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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