The Technology Readiness Levels product development framework was developed by NASA and is often used to gauge the progress of a new product launch project, especially during prototyping. It gives visibility and control over the process of … [Read more...]
When Is a New Product ‘Put on the Market’ (and It Must Be Compliant)?
When a new product is designed and developed, ensuring that it suits the market's needs is a very high on the list of priorities. In this article, I will focus on electronic products, but the same holds true for non-highly regulated product … [Read more...]
New Product Launch: Planning & Discovery Phases Are So Important
I read an interesting book recently: How big things get done, by Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner. The authors have amassed a large database of “big projects” — from roads and high-speed train lines to airports and nuclear power plants — … [Read more...]
9 Key Questions When Developing A New Product (Part 1)
If you are gearing up to launch a new product you should be getting answers to these 9 questions before you start investing time and money! This is split into two parts, and here in part 1 we're focusing mainly on market research and … [Read more...]
Patents For Hardware Products: When Do You Need Them?
Inventors, hardware startups, and other businesses with a new hardware product concept that they are aiming to bring to market are usually worried about protecting their product IP. One common question is about the need for patents for … [Read more...]
New Product Launch Tips For Entrepreneurs (Q&A with Liz Long of ‘Learn to Make a Product’)
Liz Long, founder of Learn to Make a Product a platform that supports customers to launch products, shares some of her new product launch tips and thoughts about what it takes for entrepreneurs to go through the development process and get … [Read more...]
What’s The Investment Required To Bring My New Product To Market?
A lot of entrepreneurs and SMEs struggle to calculate their investment for launching a new product. This can lead to unexpected costs mounting up and, eventually, needing to sell at a loss or even bankruptcy in extreme cases. So you need … [Read more...]
Product Quality and Reliability Issues: Typical Classification
What are typical product quality and reliability issues, when do they occur in the product's lifecycle, and who might be responsible for them? … [Read more...]
Is It Beneficial To Be First To Market With Your New Product Idea? [Podcast]
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In this episode... A recent China Law Blog article questions the wisdom of rushing out your innovative new made-in-China product in order to 'beat the copycats' to market. While there are some situations where this may have some merit, … [Read more...]
New Product Launch: Taking Shortcuts vs. Preventing Risks
You are developing a new product. There is currently nothing like your product on the market. You have high confidence that it will be successful (otherwise, why are you working on this project?). You need to make a choice. Do you … [Read more...]