THE PRODUCT STARTUP PODCAST

Podcast - From Invention Idea to Store Shelves

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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.

Recent Episodes of The Product Startup Podcast

175: Raising Hardware Funding via an Angel Investor

May 11, 2023
With Larry Richenstein, Long-Time Angel Investor

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174: Agile Product Development & Additive Manufacturing

May 4, 2023
With Jon Hirschtick, Co-Founder of OnShape

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173: Augmented Reality Technology in Hardware Startups

April 27, 2023
With Jonathan Bohun, Augmented Reality Expert

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172: Early Concept Design for a New Hardware Invention

April 20, 2023
With Robert Colgan, Industrial Design Leader at MAKO Design

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171: Choosing Features and Validating Your Invention

April 13, 2023
With Tony Ulwick, Author & CEO

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170: Current Trends of Modern Product Development

April 6, 2023
With Paul Sagar, Vice President of Product Management at CREO

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169: Critical Testing Stages in New Product Development

March 31, 2023
With Ryan Margolin, CEO of Professional Hair Labs

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168: The Future of Hardware Product Design Thinking

March 23, 2023
With Paul Rowan, Co-Founder of Umbra

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167: Get Free Earned Media for a New Hardware Product

March 16, 2023
Jackson Wightman, Co-Author of The Tech PR Playbook

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166: Storytelling Tips for Hardware Product Launches

March 9, 2023
With Steve Multer, Author & Corporate Storyteller

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165: Iterative Design Processes & Tools for Hardware Development

March 2, 2023
With Kyle Dumont, Founder of AllSpice

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164: The 3 Prototyping Phases for New Product Development

February 23, 2023
With Tim Uys, Director of Design at MAKO Design

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163: 2023 Trends in Product Development for Hardware Products

February 16, 2023
With Brian Thompson, Head of CREO at PTC

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162: Product Pre-Launch Strategies For Crowdfunding Success

February 9, 2023
With Will Ford, President of LaunchBoom

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161: Build a Manufacturing Facility for Your New Product

February 2, 2023
With Noah Graff, Vice President at Graff-Pinkert Machinery

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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!