Ep. 3398 - Q&A: “How to go from prototype into manufactured product?”
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 21 April 2026
⏱️ 7 minutes
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This listener wants to sell non-screen entertainment kits for kids. How can she go from concept to on-the-shelf product?
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Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week.
Show notes: SideHustleSchool.com
Email: team@sidehustleschool.com
Be on the show: SideHustleSchool.com/questions
Connect on Instagram: @193countries
Visit Chris's main site: ChrisGuillebeau.com
Read A Year of Mental Health: yearofmentalhealth.com
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| 1:00.0 | How can you go from a prototype into a manufactured product? Now, this is a little bit more complex than some of the business models we talk about. |
| 1:04.3 | This listener wants to sell non-screen entertainment kits for kids. |
| 1:09.3 | So she's got a concept. |
| 1:10.5 | She's got an idea. How do we go from here |
| 1:12.9 | to an on-the-shelf product? So, you know, we often look at all sorts of money-making ideas. |
| 1:19.0 | This one comes from a personal experience and solving a problem, which is good. Kids may not think |
| 1:24.4 | it's a problem, of course. It can be difficult to get them away from their devices, |
| 1:27.9 | but for a lot of parents, guardians, teachers, everybody else, it certainly is a problem. |
| 1:33.3 | So we have this interesting idea, definitely a market in terms of the parents. So what comes next, |
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