I decided to start my own execution thread. I have been working on making a new product to assist with accessibility to training in a sport that I am heavily involved with (I have been consistently doing this sport for 12 years). I don’t think that this product would violate the “don’t do what you love” outlook. The reason for that is because what I love is doing the sport, not selling this kind of product. Although I have really been psyched to contribute to the community around my sport. My idea basically takes a current already existing device and adds new ideas to it, ultimately making a more accessible, portable version. In addition, you could train for a completely different part of the sport that was is currently difficult to train for. I have made a complete 3d version of my design in Rhinoceros, the 3d modeling software.
There is a company already out there doing something similar, but their version has terrible reviews on amazon. People seem to hate it; they sacrificed a lot in their design and it came out to be meh. And I don’t think they are marketing it well either, their website is sub-par.
I have been asking around for advice about the product, thanks @amp0193 and @Walter Hay . I am deciding between which materials to use. Perhaps, I can give the customer the choice of materials, wood, high density foam, or maybe plastic if it takes off. Although, this might end up being too complicated. I am going to begin shaping the prototype myself next week. I became a member at a local makerspace. I took a CNC class and now have full access to their machine!
I am going to receive a high density foam sample shipment from Rigid Polyurethane Foam Sheets - High Density Hard Foam Blocks | General Plastics by next week hopefully, as well as test out some wood versions. I’ll be able to begin testing foam and wood to see if the surfaces on my invention have the tensile strength to support the kind of activity I have envisioned for the product.
In addition, I have a few people who have signed on to be a part of the beta testing crew. I wanted to integrate all of their ideas before I got my product up for sale. I am not sure if this is the right way to go about this, or if I should just put it up for sale as soon as possible and let customers tell me what to change about it. Giving a group of people the beta version seems better to me. Ideally, the public version will be better because of the additional opinions I will receive. However, this will take longer. This process is exciting so far.
There is a company already out there doing something similar, but their version has terrible reviews on amazon. People seem to hate it; they sacrificed a lot in their design and it came out to be meh. And I don’t think they are marketing it well either, their website is sub-par.
I have been asking around for advice about the product, thanks @amp0193 and @Walter Hay . I am deciding between which materials to use. Perhaps, I can give the customer the choice of materials, wood, high density foam, or maybe plastic if it takes off. Although, this might end up being too complicated. I am going to begin shaping the prototype myself next week. I became a member at a local makerspace. I took a CNC class and now have full access to their machine!
I am going to receive a high density foam sample shipment from Rigid Polyurethane Foam Sheets - High Density Hard Foam Blocks | General Plastics by next week hopefully, as well as test out some wood versions. I’ll be able to begin testing foam and wood to see if the surfaces on my invention have the tensile strength to support the kind of activity I have envisioned for the product.
In addition, I have a few people who have signed on to be a part of the beta testing crew. I wanted to integrate all of their ideas before I got my product up for sale. I am not sure if this is the right way to go about this, or if I should just put it up for sale as soon as possible and let customers tell me what to change about it. Giving a group of people the beta version seems better to me. Ideally, the public version will be better because of the additional opinions I will receive. However, this will take longer. This process is exciting so far.
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