EP#106: John Teel of Predictable Designs

• 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

Tags: electronics podcast, John Teel, MacroFab, macrofab engineering podcast, MEP, Podcast, Predictable Designs