MBA1210 Q&A Wednesday: How do you get started when you have the ideas but need engineers?

The $100 MBA Show

Omar Zenhom

Careers, Entrepreneurship, Business, Marketing

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🗓️ 27 February 2019

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

For entrepreneurs, ideas come easy. Often, it’s the next step we stumble on. Transitioning from idea to initial product can be a doozy, especially if your idea is a tech or software product. If you’re not an engineer, and you don’t have any handy, how in the heck do you move forward? Is your idea doomed to be just another coulda, woulda, or shoulda?

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0:00.0	Heyo! Welcome to the $100 MBA Show, the business podcast has always got your back with our daily
0:15.2	10 minute business lessons for the real world.
0:18.2	I'm your host, your coach, your teacher Omar is at home.
0:21.6	I'm also the co-founder of the $100 MBA, a complete
0:24.8	business training, and community online. In today's episode is a Q&A Wednesday
0:29.2	episode. On our Q&A Wednesday episodes I answer a question from you, one of our listeners.
0:34.0	If you have a question you want to ask, just email me over at omar at 100MBA.net.
0:39.6	Today's question is from Josh.
0:42.0	And Josh asks, how do to get started when you have the
0:44.8	ideas but don't have the engineers to implement and get started. My wife and I have
0:50.3	an idea to produce a technology product.
0:53.0	Problem is, if you don't know the first thing about making electronics.
0:55.9	How do we get started when we need engineers and prototype developers
0:59.8	right off the bat?
1:00.8	Great question, Josh, and you can get started even without engineers. But I'll also explain
1:06.1	when you're going to need to get them involved how you can lower your costs and maximize success.
1:11.7	Creating a physical product with the minimal experience is a challenge,
1:16.0	but you can manufacture it and start the wheels in motion. I also talk about how you can
1:21.9	start selling the product before it's actually ready for mass production.
1:26.0	That way you can fund your business and fund production to serve your customers.
1:31.0	Can't wait to get into this one, let's get into it. Let's get
1:33.6	down to business. Support for today's show comes from lively.. It's no secret. Health care is expensive, but
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