This post is part of an ongoing documentary I am publishing on my progress for developing, launching and growing a food startup. I am using my Growth Stack roadmap and my Lean & Agile Framework, tools I have published online at my startup incubator to help consumer product startups. For the overview of this [...]
This post is part of an ongoing documentary I am publishing on my progress for developing, launching and growing a food startup. I am using my Growth Stack roadmap and my Lean & Agile Framework, tools I have published online at my startup incubator to help consumer product startups. For the overview of this [...]
This summer was mostly consumed with our new Vizsla puppy, Zooka.
I've had for some time the idea to create a consumer brand for pemmican products and want to try bring this idea to reality. I am starting with almost a clean sheet, with only some ideas for the business and some rudimentary product formulations that I have slowly been playing with for a while. The [...]
This is a Quora question I was asked and my answer is as follows. I think to use consumer insights to inspire product innovation you need to setup a process for identifying consumer insights relative to your product(s) and brand. From a high level perspective, I look at three areas to obtain research and insights. [...]
This is a Quora question I was asked to answer. My answer is as follows. From a functional perspective, yes. But that I think everyone knows that. If you are talking about protecting the product such that when the user opens the packaging, it is what they expect, of course your packaging is important. But [...]
This is Zooka's first walk around the farm after we brought him home from the breeder in North Carolina. This clips includes slow motion video to capture his movement. I also love the Colorado sun, sky and clouds for more background and contrast.
This is a Quora question I was asked to answer. My response is as follows. Quite a bit for smaller vendors, which is what I know. Probably less with larger vendors. But it also depends on how much the retailer wants the vendor’s products and what gets negotiated in the vendor agreement. And the influence [...]
This is a Quora question about how retail stores could prosper that I was asked. My answer is as follows. I think it comes down to four areas. Exclusivity You are the only retail location that sells a product that consumers want. I think the product category that best fits this would be art. In [...]
