- John Teel
- Founder of Predictable Designs, a company which helps startups, makers, and small companies develop new electronic products
- An award-winning design engineer for Texas Instruments (TI) where John designed numerous successful microchips which are found inside millions of popular tech products
- Predictable Designs
- Making product development process as predictable as possible
- Predicting the pitfalls and costs, with a focus on the initial stages of product development
- Common questions people ask
- How much will it cost to develop and manufacture my electronics product?
- How long will it take to get my product on the market?
- I don't have tons of money, so how can I get my product to market?
- I don't have any product development experience, so how can I get my product to market?
- Common mistakes made by new hardware entrepreneurs
- Underestimating the complexity and time to develop a manufacturable product
- Scalability of a product from prototype to mass production.
- Jumping head first into full product design without an understanding of the steps and costs that lie ahead
- Over focus on product development without enough early focus on marketing
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