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 [...]
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The Stack Master, Part 4
Posted in July 10th, 2008
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?
Posted in July 2nd, 2008
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
Posted in June 25th, 2008
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
Posted in June 21st, 2008
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
Posted in June 14th, 2008
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 could staple 100 [...]
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