Product Startup 106: Building Your Hardware Product Team Early
EA Csolkovits has founded multiple product businesses, which in total, brought 75 new products to the market in the health and wellness space. He has been in the business of building hardware teams for 40 years, is the founder of GIVERS University, is a radio host, is an author, and is even a fellow plane private pilot. Today EA is going to share some valuable knowledge for inventors, product startups, and small manufacturers on the importance of building great product business teams early on, and how specifically to choose great product team members for building and scaling your hardware business.
Today you will hear us talk about:
- Categories of team members
- The importance of mentorship
- The importance of the inner circle
- Get a mentor that has been successful
- Relationships are the most important in a fast-moving world
- The single most important thing you can do to succeed is to develop a great team
- Don’t listen to what people say, see what they do.
- There are 3 different categories of team members
- Key points to develop your inner team
- Decide, Invite, Seed, Convene, Establish, Rotate, and Numbers
EPISODE LINKS
EA Csolkovits / GIVERS University Links:
- Website: http://www.giversuniversity.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/giversuniversity/
- YouTube: https://YouTube.com/GIVERSuniversity
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- Twitter: https://twitter.com/ProductStartup
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Mako Design Links:
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Kevin Mako Links:
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About: MAKO Design + Invent is the original firm providing world-class consumer product development services tailored to startups, small manufacturers, and inventors. Simply put, we are the leading one-stop-shop for developing your physical product from idea to store shelves, all in a high-quality, cost-effective, and timely manner. We operate as one powerhouse 30-person product design team spread across 4 offices to serve you (Austin, Miami, San Francisco, & Toronto). We have full-stack in-house industrial design, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, patent referral, prototyping, and manufacturing services. To assist our startup and inventor clients, in addition to above, we help with business strategy, product strategy, marketing, and sales/distribution for all consumer product categories. Also, our founder Kevin Mako hosts The Product Startup Podcast, the industry’s leading hardware podcast. Check it out for tips, interviews, and best practices for hardware startups, inventors, and product developers. Click HERE to learn more about Mako Design + Invent!