THE PRODUCT STARTUP PODCAST
All Episodes
2024-07-25 -
With Will Ford, President and Co-Founder of LaunchBoom
2024-07-07 -
With David Brown, Industrial Designer at MAKO Design + Invent
2024-06-20 -
With Hamdy Albana, Co-Founder of Push Analytics
2024-06-14 -
With Elizabeth Corbett, President of Enterprise Sales at AE Global
2024-06-07 -
With Tom Dunlap, Managing Partner at Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig
2024-05-30 -
With Jon Davids, Founder and CEO of Influicity
2024-05-24 -
With Jeff Lerner, CEO and Founder of Misnomer
2024-05-16 -
With Valentin Radu, CEO & Founder of Omniconvert
2024-05-09 -
With John Conafay, Co-Founder & CEO of Integrate
2024-05-02 -
With Danny Angers, Co-Founder, EVP & CFO of VOSKER Cameras
2024-04-26 -
With Tim Uys, Director of Design at MAKO Design + Invent
2024-04-18 -
With Micki Vandeloo, President of Lakeview Consulting
2024-04-11 -
With Keenan Wyrobek, Co-Founder & CTO of Zipline
2024-04-05 -
With Akeem Shannon, CEO & Founder of Flipstik
2024-03-28 -
With Kevin Lavelle, CEO & Co-Founder of Mizzen+Main and Harbor
2024-03-21 -
With Wesleyne Whittaker, CEO of Transformed Sales
2024-03-14 -
With Yuri Dvoinos, CIO of Aura & Serial Entrepreneur
2024-03-11 -
With Wade Harmidy, Operations & Project Manager at MAKO Design + Invent
2024-03-01 -
With Michael Lebhar, CEO and Co-Founder of SellCord
2024-02-22 -
With Alex Back, Founder of Couch.com & Former COO and Founder of Apt2B
2024-02-15 -
With Lesley Hensell, Co-Founder of Riverbend Consulting & Author
2024-02-05 -
With Jason Friedman, CEO at CXFormula
2024-01-28 -
With Nikhil Joshi, CEO of SNic Solutions
2024-01-18 -
With Taylor Frame, Co-Founder of Focus Funnels
2024-01-12 -
With Ori Yudilevich, CTO of Materials Zone
2023-12-28 -
With Kelley Thornton, CEO of Tiege Hanley, Inc.
2023-12-22 -
With Steven Weigler, Founding Attorney at EmergeCounsel
2023-12-14 -
With Dan Shea, Managing Director of Objective, Investment Banking and Valuation
2023-12-13 -
With Tomide Adesanmi, Founder of Circuit Mind
2023-12-01 -
With Collin Mitchell, Managing Director of Leadium
2023-11-24 -
With Paul Davis, Senior Industrial Designer at MAKO Design + Invent
2023-11-16 -
With Nikki Lindgren, Founder of Pennock
2023-11-09 -
With Robb Green, Founder of Solving Alpha
2023-11-03 -
With Chris Peer, Author of The Great 8 Pillars
2023-10-27 -
With Tim Angel, Founder of Zugu Case
2023-10-19 -
With Will Haire, CEO of BellaVix
2023-10-12 -
With Roland Siebelink, CEO of Midstage Institute
2023-10-05 -
With Laura Teicher, President of FORGE
2023-09-28 -
With Tyler Jefcoat, Founder of Seller Accountant
2023-09-21 -
With Magnus Sköld, Senior Industrial Designer at MAKO Design + Invent
2023-09-14 -
With Andre Tiemann, Director of Production at Hot Pop Factory
2023-09-07 -
With Lloyed Lobo, Co-Founder of Boast.AI
2023-08-31 -
With Mark Pecota, Co-Founder + CEO of LaunchBoom
2023-08-24 -
With Thomas Ask, Professor of Industrial Design at Penn College
2023-08-17 -
With Paul McEnroe, Developer of UPC Barcodes
2023-08-10 -
With Suresh Sethi, Industrial Design Professor at the University of Illinois
2023-08-03 -
With Lamees Butt, SVP of Zoovu
2023-07-27 -
With David Brown, Design Engineer at MAKO Design + Invent
2023-07-20 -
With Rich Walsh, CEO of CorVent Medical
2023-07-13 -
With Ethan Escowitz, Founder of Arris Composites
2023-07-06 -
With Yohan Jacob, CEO of RetailBound
2023-06-29 -
With Brian Thompson, Head of CREO at PTC
2023-06-22 -
With Neha Bansal, PM Lead Meta Ads Manager Reporting
2023-06-15 -
With Graeme Whitehead, Founder of CNCT Coolers
2023-06-08 -
With Nick Allen, Industrial Designer at Mako Design
2023-06-01 -
With Toph Day, CEO of Elevate Ventures
2023-05-25 -
With Justin Chen, Co-Founder of PickFu
2023-05-18 -
With Mike Fata, Author of Grow
2023-05-11 -
With Larry Richenstein, Long-Time Angel Investor
2023-05-04 -
With Jon Hirschtick, Co-Founder of Solidworks & Onshape
2023-04-27 -
With Jonathan Bohun, Augmented Reality Expert
2023-04-20 -
With Robert Colgan, Industrial Design Leader at MAKO Design
2023-04-13 -
With Tony Ulwick, Author & CEO
2023-04-06 -
With Paul Sagar, Vice President of Product Management at CREO
2023-03-31 -
With Ryan Margolin, CEO of Professional Hair Labs
2023-03-23 -
With Paul Rowan, Co-Founder of Umbra
2023-03-16 -
Jackson Wightman, Co-Author of The Tech PR Playbook
2023-03-09 -
With Steve Multer, Author & Corporate Storyteller
2023-03-02 -
With Kyle Dumont, Founder of AllSpice.io
2023-02-23 -
With Tim Uys, Director of Design at MAKO Design + Invent
2023-02-16 -
With Brian Thompson, Head of CREO at PTC
2023-02-09 -
With Will Ford, President of LaunchBoom
2023-02-02 -
With Noah Graff, Vice President at Graff-Pinkert Machinery
2023-01-26 -
With Daniel Bischoff, Former Head of Growth at Purple Mattress
2023-01-18 -
With Ashley Black, Founder of FasciaBlaster
2023-01-11 -
With Dave Duncan, VP Sustainability at PTC
2023-01-04 -
With Mike Stemple, Author of Innovating Innovation
2022-12-28 -
With Ben Drury, Co-Founder of Yoto
2022-12-21 -
With Forde Aley, Co-Founder of Shining Way Sourcing
2022-12-14 -
Guest: Jonas Rinde, Founder of Nomono
2022-12-07 -
With Joe Dunne, Director of Partnerships at PTC
2022-11-30 -
With Brad Pedersen, Co-Founder at Pela
2022-11-23 -
With Michael Solomon, Professor of Marketing
2022-11-16 -
With Robert Irwin, Lead Industrial Designer
2022-11-09 -
With Mike Morton, Industrial Design Leader
2022-11-02 -
With Jim Cermak, Founder of Trade Show University
2022-10-26 -
With Morgan Teachworth, VP of Engineering at Cisco Meraki
2022-10-19 -
With Michael Corr, Co-Founder and CEO of Duro PLM
2022-10-12 -
With Hussain Almossawi, Author of The Innovator’s Handbook
2022-10-05 -
With Chris Moe, Co-Founder of Cartograph
2022-09-28 -
With Don Skaggs, President of The Fulson Group
2022-09-21 -
With Mike Deigan, VP of Global Link Sourcing
2022-09-14 -
With Scott Brogan, President of Company Expert
2022-09-07 -
With Nigel Southway, Author of Take Back Manufacturing
2022-08-31 -
With Marc Inkol, President at Explorer Research
2022-08-24 -
With Stew Redwine, VP of Creative Services at Oxford Road
2022-08-17 -
With Matt Selbie, President of Opiniator
2022-08-10 -
With Jem Bourouh, Partner at Accelerated
2022-08-03 -
With Jake Schmidt, CEO of Structured Agency
2022-07-27 -
With Bill Dickinson, 35-Year Sales Executive
2022-07-20 -
With Jacob Anson, Cofounder of Agency JR
2022-07-13 -
With Todd Drouillard, Science and Technology at HED
2022-07-06 -
With Jos Harrison, Global Head of Design at Reckitt
2022-06-22 -
With Tim Bucciarelli, Director at IronPlane
2022-06-15 -
With John Carter, Past Chief Engineer at Bose
2022-06-08 -
With Piotr Zajac, CEO of Untitled Kingdom
2022-06-01 -
With Tom Pupo, Founder of Moonlighter Miami
2022-05-25 -
With Mark Maybury, CTO of Stanley Black and Decker
2022-05-11 -
With Dougal Grimes, VP of Innovation & Inventor Relations at SpinMaster Toys
2022-04-27 -
With Ryan Lewendon, Partner at Giannuzzi Lewendon LLP
2022-04-20 -
With Gil Bar-Lev, Founder of HomeRoots
2022-04-13 -
With John McEleney, Co-Founder of OnShape
2022-04-06 -
With Alexander Manu, Author & Lecturer
2022-03-30 -
With Karin Lindner, Author of Make Manufacturing Sexy
2022-03-23 -
With Kelly Schmutte, Lecturer at Stanford d.School
2022-03-16 -
With Leidy Klotz, Professor at University of Virginia
2022-03-09 -
With Peter-Paul Van Hoeken, CEO of FrontFundr
2022-03-02 -
With Tom Gray, CEO of the Make48 TV Show
2022-02-23 -
With Dan Klitsner, Inventor of Bop It
2022-02-16 -
With Magnus Sköld, Senior Industrial Design at Mako Design
2022-02-09 -
With Bob Christopher, Founder of Pleo
2022-02-02 -
With Andra Keay, Managing Director of Silicon Valley Robotics
2022-01-26 -
With Yohan Jacob, CEO of RetailBound
2022-01-19 -
With Tim Uys, Director of Design at MAKO Design
2022-01-12 -
With Marco Torres, CEO of Marketing Boost
2022-01-06 -
With Kapil Kane, Director of Innovation at Intel
2021-12-23 -
With Alex Dantas, CEO of CircuitLaunch
2021-12-15 -
With EA Csolkovits, Founder of 75 Products
2021-12-08 -
With Rich Goldstein, Senior Patent Lawyer
2021-12-01 -
With Bryon Bhagwandin, A 20-Year Medical Device Entrepreneur
2021-11-24 -
With Patrick Daly, Author & Product Entrepreneur
2021-11-17 -
With Scott Evans, Director of Inventionworks at UT
2021-11-10 -
With Nic Beique, CEO of Helcim
2021-11-03 -
With Donna Griffit, Corporate Storyteller
2021-10-27 -
With Steven Uster, CEO of FundThrough
2021-10-20 -
With Amy Parsons, Founder of Mozzafiato
2021-10-13 -
With Will Russell, Founder of Russell Marketing
2021-10-06 -
With Jim Cermak, Founder of Trade Show University
2021-09-29 -
With Dan Soviero, Founder of Signature Athletics
2021-09-22 -
With Yohan Jacob, Founder and CEO of RetailBound
2021-09-15 -
With Toccara Karizma, President of Karizma Marketing
2021-09-08 -
With Taylor Ryan, CEO of Klint Marketing
2021-09-01 -
With Will Ford, Co-Founder of Launchboom
2021-08-25 -
With Luke Levene, VP at XR Applied Technologies
2021-08-18 -
With Joseph Fung, CEO of Uvaro Sales Training
2021-08-11 -
With Jacob Rothman, CEO of Velong Industries Manufacturing
2021-08-04 -
With Paul Rowan, Co-Founder of Umbra
2021-07-28 -
With Michael Solomon, Author of 30 Marketing Books
2021-07-21 -
With Ben Drury, Founder of Yoto Play
2021-07-14 -
With Brett Fox, Venture Capital Expert
2021-07-07 -
With Steve Grundahl, Founder of Midwest Prototyping
2021-06-30 -
With Robert Irwin, Lead Industrial Design at Amazon
2021-06-23 -
With Rhett Silverstein, Inbound Licensing Expert
2021-06-16 -
With Blair Severn, Past National Head of Sony Stores
2021-06-09 -
With Jan Cavelle, Founder of Jan Cavelle Furniture
2021-06-02 -
With Tom Patterson, Founder of Wknd Digital
2021-05-26 -
With West Stringfellow, Past Executive at Target, Amazon, & TechStars
2021-05-20 -
With Bill Carlin of ShipMate Logistics
2021-05-19 -
With Victoria Wieck of Million Dollar Hobbies
2021-05-18 -
With Rob Crowder, Head of Product at Nutromics MedTech Devices
2021-05-17 -
With Mark Pecota, Co-Founder of LaunchBoom
2021-05-14 -
With Chrystal Clifton, 20 Years in Premium & Luxury Products
2021-05-13 -
With Jamie Libregts, Director of Marketing at Reliable Corp
2021-05-12 -
With Joe Cecala, CPA, Lawyer, & Executive
2021-05-11 -
With James Richardson, Author of Ramping Your Brand
2021-05-10 -
With Brett Colvin, President of Goodlawyer
2021-04-28 -
With Peter-Paul Van Hoeken, CEO of FrontFundr
2021-03-09 -
With Deirdre Tshien, Founder of Growth Boss
2021-03-02 -
With Jeffery Potvin, President of OPN
2021-02-23 -
With Mike Morton, Former Industrial Design Senior Principal at Dell
2021-02-16 -
With Author Michael Hageloh
2021-02-09 -
With Eric Dickmann of the Virtual CMO Podcast
2021-02-02 -
With Alison Brett, Founder of Clasp Magic
2021-01-19 -
With Tom Gray, founder of America’s Make48 TV Show
2021-01-05 -
How to ensure your products are manufactured overseas without defects.
2020-12-01 -
With Mark Shanahan, Past VP at Staples
2020-11-01 -
With Jonathan Schloo, Founder and Inventor of the Car Generator
2020-10-10 -
With prior host Filip Valica and new host Kevin Mako
2017-06-10 -
055: Training Creativity to Get More (and Better) Ideas
2017-06-01 -
With Dan & Justin with Milton of the Mealtime Companion
2017-05-10 -
053: Manufacturing, Quality & 3D Printing
In this enlightening episode of The Product Startup Podcast, we will focus on manufacturing and quality assurance, answering some of the most popular questions that we are frequently asked. We also delve into how to know when to call it quits and how much money or time to invest into a new product venture.
2017-05-10 -
With Alice Orozco of Pret-a-Portiere
2017-05-01 -
With Samantha & Elaine of Midas Cup
2017-04-30 -
With Tim Christian of OORR
2017-04-29 -
With Juliana Garaizar of the Houston Angel Network
2017-04-25 -
With Bill McAlister of Top Dog Direct
2017-04-11 -
With Chris Ray & Chariss Tatman of C2 Group
2017-03-30 -
With Stephanie Cummings & Tal Berke of Shlocker
2017-03-11 -
045: Product Development and Kickstarter Launch of Botanium
2017-03-10 -
With Elyse Daniels of Exodus Wear
2017-03-09 -
043: President Trump’s Proposed Trade Policies & U.S. Manufacturing
2017-02-25 -
Stacy Marking with Lemongrass Trading Co
2017-02-20 -
With Jay DeMerit of RockIt Logs
2017-02-18 -
With Diane Gardner of Tax Coach 4 You
2017-02-10 -
With Tim Pannell of Rocksgone
2017-01-30 -
With Farah Qureshi
2017-01-27 -
With Ruth Stone of Boxhead Crafts
2017-01-25 -
With Gavin Christman of Green&Blue
2017-01-20 -
With Paul Potratz of The Growth Mindset
2017-01-15 -
034: Staying Motivated & Overcoming Lack of Money, Time & Skills
2016-12-30 -
With Khierstyn Ross of Crowdfunding Uncut
2016-12-25 -
With Jill Bong of Chicken Armor
2016-12-15 -
With Elizabeth Versace of Ecococoon
2016-12-01 -
With Josh Smith of Libertine Fragrance
2016-11-29 -
With Adam Force of Change Creator
2016-11-20 -
With Lisa Ruiz of Credible Products
2016-11-10 -
With Brandon Adams of Keys to the Crowd
2016-11-05 -
With Tanya Heath of Tanya Heath Paris
2016-11-02 -
With Robson Splane of the Prorise Seat Assist
2016-10-30 -
With Terry Lin of Forever Home Blankets
2016-10-25 -
With the Cheerbox, Tamar Lucien of Mental Happy
2016-10-10 -
With Chloë Thomas of eCommerce MasterPlan
2016-10-01 -
With Megan Cox of Amalie Beauty
2016-09-30 -
With Matt Ruedlinger of Triple R Marketing
2016-09-25 -
With Susana Stewart & Caroline Maina of Fro Butter
2016-09-20 -
With Jennifer Harris of Motivo
2016-09-15 -
With Damien Lee of Mr. Lee’s Noodles
2016-08-30 -
With Luke Lucas of Foddies
2016-08-25 -
With Dean Salakas of The Party People
2016-08-20 -
With Mickey Swortzel of New Eagle
2016-07-30 -
With Kelly Costello of Puppy Cake
2016-07-25 -
012: Testing Product Ideas – 7 Inventors & Small Business Owners Share Advice
2016-07-20 -
With Tony Devine of The Original Profender
2016-06-30 -
010: I Have an Idea, Now What? Developing, Testing & Prototype Physical Products
2016-05-30 -
With Gordon Firemark of Entertainment Law Update
2016-05-15 -
Doug Marshall of The Game Face Company
2016-05-10 -
With Fabienne Serrière of Knit Yak
2016-04-30 -
With Kelsey Duffy of Versakini
2016-04-10 -
With Mat Hofma & Erik Polumbo of Mini Materials
2016-03-30 -
With Brad Summey of Savage Jerky
2016-03-10 -
With Heidi Pungartnik of Design for Founders
2016-03-05 -
With David M. Frankel of The Perky Collar
2016-03-01 -
001: Inventing & DIY Product Development
Why is now the best time for DIY Product Development? In short – access to consumer data, access to rapid prototyping equipment, simplified computer design tools, popularity of crowdfunding, simplified e-commerce growth of online brokers.
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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