What is the BIG IDEA GROUP?

Inventors, entrepreneurs, and new ventures are always looking for an exit strategy for their idea. Do I sell my company? Am I an IPO candidate in the future? While those questions for the fortunate few may be asked after several years of sustained, continuous growth – there are two import ‘exit’ questions, which face the [...]

My Idea Research

My girlfriend had a complaint one morning recently. We were both leaving the house very early and it was still dark. We had a hard time locking the door from the outside and were laughing about our difficulties. She turned to me and said what about a flashlight attached to the actual [...]

The Stack Master, Part 4

The Stack Master development story continues with Industrial Design, Product Design, Virtual Testing, Prototyping, Prototype Testing and Prototype Redesigns (we like to call them enhancements). If you are new to the story, check out our past posts:

Development Project Introduction

New Product Research

Feasibility Analysis, Customer Needs and Design Tools

You will be caught up quickly and [...]

So I’ve Researched my Product Invention, Now What?

This is a continuation of our previous post, “So I’ve Got A Great Idea, Now What? Part 1″ If you haven’t read it, please do as this post follows those previous steps. Don’t forget to USE YOUR NOTEBOOK.

If you have completed the last step you should have some similar patents. Read through the [...]

PaperPro Part2

As a continuation of the PaperPro Story, we will dive into the details of the first few steps Flashpoint Development executed during the development of the Stack Master 100 (aka 3000).  This post will focus on the early market assessment of the 3000 for both PaperPro and the external stapler industry and the formation of [...]

The Inventor’s Dilemma

Once upon a time (now) in a far away land (here) a product development company (us) came upon a great product concept. The inventor was eager to get his idea developed and because of the nature of this specific industry, time to market was paramount. The product was beyond our inventors technical expertise, [...]

The PaperPro Story

This is the story of a 14 month adventure in which an idea was developed into a production ready product by Flashpoint Development currently sold at Costco, Amazon and other office equipment retailers. The idea was a stapler using Paper Pro’s One Touch™ spring designed system in an ‘executive’ design that [...]