Create a Successful Product with Your Invention Idea with Kevin Mako: An EOFire Classic from 2021
Entrepreneurs on Fire
John Lee Dumas
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🗓️ 6 April 2024
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2021. Our interviews on Entrepreneurs On Fire are meant to be evergreen, and we do our best to confirm that all offers and URL's in these archive episodes are still relevant.
MAKO Design and Invent, Est 1999, is the first company providing world-class end-to-end physical consumer product development tailored to startups, small manufacturers, & home inventors. Kevin is president, and also the host of The Product Startup Podcast.
Top 3 Value Bombs
1. Prioritize energy. Everyday, put in a little bit of effort on the most important things towards getting your product launched, and you'll get tremendous drive and momentum over the coming months.
2. The number one thing when you think about developing your product is FOCUS! In hardware, it is important because it is difficult at the end of the development cycle to make quick adjustments if you haven't focused.
3. Crowdfunding is a phenomenal tool for hardware startups. You are putting your finished product prototype out for people to see, and the people who are interested in pre-purchasing your product will help give you money to fund the production run.
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| 0:00.0 | Light that's Spark Fire Nation, JLD here and welcome to entrepreneurs on fire brought to you by the HubSpot |
| 0:08.0 | Podcast Network, the audio destination for business professionals with great shows like |
| 0:12.4 | talking too loud. |
| 0:13.7 | Today we're pulling a classic episode from the archives and we'll be breaking down |
| 0:17.1 | how to create a successful product with your invention idea. |
| 0:21.4 | To drop these value bombs, I brought to Kevin Maco into Eoffire Studios. |
| 0:25.0 | Maco Design and Invent was established in 1999 and is the first company providing world-class end-to-end |
| 0:30.0 | physical consumer product development tailored to startups small |
| 0:33.0 | manufacturers and home inventors Kevin is president and also hosts of |
| 0:37.1 | the product startup podcast and today's our nation we'll talk about prioritizing |
| 0:41.7 | energy the number one thing when you |
| 0:43.6 | think about developing your product is focus and how crowdfunding can be a |
| 0:47.3 | phenomenal tool for hardware startups and so much more. And a big thank you for |
| 0:51.5 | sponsoring today's episode goes to Kevin and our sponsors. |
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