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	<description>How to develop ideas and inventions into successful products</description>
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		<title>Entrepreneurship and Design</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was very honored to join Dave Harding from Eleven, Jamie Reed from Mass Art and Red Fish and Managing Partner Tucker Marion this week as panelists discussing Entrepreneurship and Design and their impact on innovation.  This panel discussion was part of the Northeastern EntreTech Forum series.  We talked from both the entrepreneurs and designers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reducing the Carbon Footprint: A Study on the New Product Development Lifecycle Through Virtualization</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Innovations of new products that change the world are what are going to help the U.S. maintain an edge in the hard sciences such as engineering, mathematics and technology.  With daily life becoming more complex, new “normal” needs to be created to allow people to still earn a living, but have more flexibility in how [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.flashpointdevelopment.com/blog/index.php/misc-npd/reducing-the-carbon-footprint-a-study-on-the-new-product-development-lifecycle-through-virtualization/</link>
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		<title>Logo Development: Flashpoint Case Study</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An inside look at logo creation and development using ourselves as a case study. To begin working on the new FlashPoint Development logo I immediately ran off to the nearest bookstore with pen and paper in hand to begin researching logos. I quickly found a series of books named “The Big Book of Logos” written [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quick Start Up Manufacturing Tip</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Low volume tooling is typically lower cost in terms of investment, but lower production capacity and higher unit cost. Gets you to market faster with production units. High volume tooling is more expensive &#8211; longer lead time, but more capacity and lower cost. For new ventures, it usually makes sense to do low volume tooling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Innovation for Start-ups</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Start ups are always trying to be innovative, but the resource and expertise trade off can be difficult.  Check out Flashpoint Development&#8217;s Managing Partner Tucker Marion&#8217;s recent speaking slides during his trip to England.  The talk shows how you can utilize agile, rapid prototyping and other new tools to outsource innovation and accomplish your start-up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FlashPoint Presents in England</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Managing Partner Tucker Marion will be presenting his new research on start-up innovation outsourcing at the Research and Development Management Conference in Manchester, England between June 30 and July 2.  For more information on the conference please visit: http://www.rndmanagement.info/. The research paper, &#8220;Outsourcing Innovation: A Guide for Start-ups&#8221;, focuses on lessons and best practices for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cost Engineering and Early Stage Pricing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[During conceptual design of your product, cost engineering is essential. Once main obstacle that new ventures face is the cost of your product versus desired selling price. Volume can have a huge impact on this. For the gBook e-book reader, you&#8217;ll note the cost reduction in total cost from low volume (1000 units) to higher [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bootstrapping, Team Building and Product Development</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Check out this interview with Tucker Marion, the Managing Partner of Flashpoint Development as he discusses his academic and industry perspectives of bootstrapping, team building and product development. Tucker Marion Interview from Tom Ermolovich on Vimeo. &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160;]]></description>
		<link>http://www.flashpointdevelopment.com/blog/index.php/misc-npd/bootstrapping-team-building-and-product-development/</link>
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		<title>What is the BIG IDEA GROUP?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.flashpointdevelopment.com/blog/index.php/development-stories/what-is-the-big-idea-group/</link>
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		<title>Early Stage Prototypes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[iShovel: Early Stage Automated Robotic Snow Shovel Ever wonder what life would be like if you didn’t have to shovel your driveway?  What If you didn’t have to pay someone to shovel your driveway?  In the not so distant future, the iShovel may be coming to a store near you.  This battery powered shoveling device [...]]]></description>
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