We recently found ourselves in that situation with one of our designs sold at a retail office super store. As a Genderblend style with a distinctive “female-friendly” color and pattern, it was designed for a U.S. import company and has been an in-store item selling successfully for about 2 years. We found out last month......
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HAZZARD HEALTH CARE COSTS Like a good business and family budget manager, I keep track of everything, every receipt, every invoice. So, I was able to run our family’s specific health care costs for the past six years. I went back this far because 2008 was the last full year that one of us had......
First up is this spin-off blog all about our adventures working from home. We’ve done this because so many people had great questions during our Lifehacker Live Q/A on How We Work from Home and have continued to tweet and email us. Plus we wanted to make it convenient for those of you interested in......
As product designers, we watch ABC’s Shark Tank like people watch a freeway car chase. We’re just waiting for the Sharks to bite. Interestingly enough, over the last few seasons, we have found that the Sharks always take the “Sales” decoy bait, even when the rest of the product/invention has weak spots. Take Shark Tank......
On behalf of our U.S. import clients, we have developed some ways to ease the mistrust and build a better partnership. We also build safeguards into the products we design so if things go awry with a factory, we have flexibility to avoid damaging business interruptions. Partnership Building Tips: Eat the Food – Every time we......