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031 – Product Design & Using Nostalgia in Marketing

December 15, 2016

With Elizabeth Versace of Ecococoon

031: Product Design & Using Nostalgia in Marketing

The business case behind starting the company with an existing product instead of a new design. We also get into the process of purchasing a one-way valve from a medical company in the USA and incorporating it into new drinkware.

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