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A few weeksI attended two different events that as an inventor / product developer I thought I would pass along. The first was the Yankee Invention Exposition and the second was the Harvard Square Oktoberfest. These are two wildly different events, one geared strictly towards inventors and one with a broad market appeal. The Yankee [...] I attended the Yankee Invention Exposition this past weekend and was saddened my the many inventors who had traveled a long way, invested heavily in their product and had given up their time to go to a show that they were unprepared for. There are many companies that sell trade show services (for a [...] Yesterday, I went to the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council thanks to a sponsorship from the board of trustees. Over 250 entrepreneurs attended to talk with investors, other entrepreneurs and service providers (us). Like many inventors, startups have a very limited amount of funding and need some bang for their buck, that is of course where [...] Of all the strategies that I have used to get feedback, I have found the Inventor’s Clinic of IANE to be the most painless and most helpful. Although I have yet to present, I attended my second last night and left wondering why this type of meeting doesn’t happen all the time across the world. [...] IANE 7.14.2008 Welcome to the Flashpoint Development Blog! I hope you enjoyed the networking event as much as I did. although I wish I was more prepared and could have showed you some of the products and successes that we have been lucky enough to help with. Welcome to the Flashpoint Blog where we talk about client [...] Flashpoint’s Managing Partner is presenting his paper “On the Use of Global Cost Modeling Early in New Product Development” this weekend at the IEEE International Engineering Management conference in Portugal. This paper outlines the changes in the new product development industry, discusses the effect of those changes in the new product development process and finally [...] Our Managing Director, Tucker Marion is lecturing at the IEEE International Engineering Management conference in Portugal this weekend on his new paper “On the Use of Global Cost Modeling Early in New Product Development”. We will be providing the core contents, lessons and conclusions of his talk and paper this weekend so you can learn [...] Last Night I attended my first Inventors’ Association of New England meeting. It was a great meeting and and interesting talk by Keith Bibby, “inventor for hire” and Professor at the University of Phoenix. He talked about his experience innovating in the curtain rod industry and selling those products to / through Wal-Mart, QVC and [...] Good job! You have read the NPD Planning Post and realize that to complete a prototype you may need outside expertise and the sooner you line it up the better. This post will give a quick run through of a assembling those experts. We use several different sites, depending on the type of expertise we [...] |
 
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