Season 2: 'Product development', Episode 6
Guest Bios:
Sven Almenning (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sven-almenning-a8554b20/) is founder & CEO of the Speakeasy Group, a leading Australian hospitality group. (https://speakeasygroup.com.au/)
Ross Gales (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rossgales/) is Director of Design & Strategy at leading product design agency Pollen. (https://pollen.com.au).
Carrie Peters (https://www.linkedin.com/in/carriepeters/) is Product Design Principal at product design agency Us Two. (https://www.ustwo.com.au/)
Dr Wei Shin Lei (https://www.linkedin.com/in/weishinlai/)& Jason Wolfe are the founders of Acoustic Sheep, the manufacturing company of Sleepphones (https://www.sleepphones.com/).
Jessica Sepel (https://www.instagram.com/jshealth/?hl=en) is the founder of JS Health Vitamins (https://jshealthvitamins.com/)
What to listen out for:
02:01 What happens when supply chain breaks down? Hershey’s Halloween Meltdown
10:30 Carrie Peters: Why it is important to bring your manufacturers early in the ideation stage?
14:04 How Speakeasy Group makes the supply chain sourcing more collaborative
22:47 “Customers go once for the novelty, they return for quality.”
29:15 Why Dr. Wei Shin Lai of SleepPhones talk to their manufacturers weekly
34:18 Tech startups should make the right decisions early on - Ross Gales
39:36 Entrepreneurs should carefully choose where they want to put their time and effort
40:42 Buy Now Pay Later Digital Marketing offer from our sponsor
44:43 NERD UNDER PRESSURE - regular segment
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