Building A Business That Helps Startups Turn Their Research Into Marketable Products with FINdustries Founder, Don Finley

Don Finley gets to use his skills every day to help startups take new and emerging technology and turn them into viable, sellable products.  

He is the founder of FINdustries, a leading product development agency with a focus on the tech and financial sectors.  And his expertise in fusing science, art, and technology has helped propel his agency to the forefront of the industry. 

Bolstered by a global network of 60+ partners and 16,000 developers, FINdustries has helped clients generate over $1 billion in annual revenue. 

We talk about:

• Strategic product development that focuses on bridging the gap between technical and business acumen in the market
• The limitations in translating scientific research into marketable products
• The importance of understanding how products fit into people’s lives
• Use cases for AI in startups, its accuracy and limitations and whether it will result in the stagnation of human learning
• Examples of AI as a collaborative tool
• The challenges of managing long product development cycles
• Navigating the challenges of project-based businesses
• Entrepreneurship as self-development and redefining work-life balance
• Advice for startups

There are a lot of invaluable insights into the evolving challenges and opportunities in entrepreneurship in this episode, especially for those looking to scale their project-based businesses.  I invite you to listen in.

RESOURCES MENTIONED

LinkedIn Profile:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/dfinley/ 

Company Website:  FINdustries

Email:  don@fin.dustries.com 

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