Checklist for the Future Product Developer

Checklist for the Future Product Developer

A checklist is a product developer’s best friend, and you’re about to find out why. Ready? Get set. Invent. If you read our last blog, you’re familiar with the first steps in the product development process as well as the “Build-Test-Learn” loop. But how...
Product Development Cycle: Where Do I Start?

Product Development Cycle: Where Do I Start?

Here we are at the beginning of the product development life cycle. If you’ve got a bright idea, you’re on the right page. You’re creating a product that solves problems and makes life easier. You want to reach a variety of people or inspire young minds....
Dynamic Design: What Does Flying Pig Designs Do?

Dynamic Design: What Does Flying Pig Designs Do?

It’s design time! When it comes to product development, there are a plethora of people involved in the process from inventors, investors, and researchers to engineers, manufacturers, and project managers. Keeping up with several contacts, managing finances,...
New Office Space for Flying Pig Designs!

New Office Space for Flying Pig Designs!

Flying Pig Designs LLC recently expanded!  In September 2018, FPD set up shop at Confluence Small Business Collective, the first coworking space in Lafayette, Colorado. Throughout the end of 2018 and 2019, Flying Pig Designs continued to grow in the 600 sqft...
Key Fundamentals of Good Design

Key Fundamentals of Good Design

When someone says “design”, many people tend to think of a brochure, a website, or some other form of print or digital informational document. However, design is EVERYWHERE – it can be bathroom signs, presentations, directions that come included with a product,...
Learn to Read Minds Using the Power of VOC

Learn to Read Minds Using the Power of VOC

By: Keir Hart   Pure.  Unadulterated.  Power.  That’s what Voice of Customer, or VOC can give you if done early and done right.  The power to truly understand your product.  The power to have pure insight into the minds of your...
Don’t Get Burned Using Outsourced Design

Don’t Get Burned Using Outsourced Design

By: Keir Hart   Are you looking for a company to help with your next product development project?  Not sure what to expect?  Not sure why these quotes you received are all totally different and way too expensive?  We’ve seen a lot of these issues...
In or Out?

In or Out?

Choose the RIGHT Contract Design firm to save money, supersize ideas, and bring your product to market fast! By: Keir Hart I had been staring at the quotes for almost an hour. One seemed reasonable, but did they really understand our needs? The other two were with...
The Real Cost of Delay

The Real Cost of Delay

By: Keir Hart   Just about anyone involved in product development is aware of the criticality of “time to market.”  But what does this mean?  What happens if we are early, or ‘gulp’ even worse, late?  Can this cost of delay be quantified and if so,...
How Do You Know You Have the Right Team?

How Do You Know You Have the Right Team?

By: Keir Hart   19 August 2019   How do you know you have the right team for the job?  Do you need more people?  Less people?  Do they have the right skillset to get to the finish line without giving you grey hair?  If these questions...