126: What Makes a Consumer Product Invention Great

With Mark Maybury, CTO of Stanley Black and Decker

Mark Maybury is the Chief Technology Officer at Stanley Black and Decker. He is also a member of the Defense Science Board and was a Chief Scientist of the United States Air Force. Today, Mark is going to share some valuable knowledge for inventors, startups, and small manufacturers on what makes a consumer product great in 2022, and how to consider these things from the design phase, through to production, then onto scaling up.

Today you will hear us talk about:

• What makes a great new product in your industry
• Innovative, valuable, and scalable
• Environmentally and socially
• Big companies look at innovators and inventors to be the change master
• Scaling a hardware startup business
• There are many parts to scaling, not just sales.
• Pitching to Stanley black and decker
• Genuine need, real value created, and a great team (humility)
• Secrets of innovation
• Observe carefully, listen deeply, think outside of the box, experiment with purpose, and collaborate.

EPISODE LINKS

Mark Maybury / Stanley Black and Decker Links:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-mark-maybury-28532/
• Website: https://www.stanleyblackanddecker.com/
• Submit to Stanley: https://www.stanleyblackanddecker.com/submityouridea
• Stanley Ventures: https://www.stanleyventures.com/
• Stanley Impact Challenge: https://www.stanleyblackanddecker.com/social-responsibility/people/impact-challenge

The Product Startup Podcast Links:

• Website: https://www.ProductStartup.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ProductStartup/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ProductStartup/
• Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/ProductStartup/
• Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ProductStartup/
• Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/ProductStartup/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/ProductStartup
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/MakoInvent

Mako Design Links:

• Website: https://www.makodesign.com/
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/MakoInvent
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/MakoInvent/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/MakoDesign/
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• Twitter: https://twitter.com/MakoInvent/

Kevin Mako Links:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Entrepreneurs/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/KevMako/
• Quora: https://www.quora.com/profile/Kevin-Mako
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Thanks for tuning in! See you next time.