095: Solve End-User Pain for Consumer Product Success

Published: Sept. 29, 2021, 8 a.m.

b'Dan Soviero is the Founder of Signature Athletics, a highly successful sports gear company selling products all over the world.\\xa0Dan is also a Forbes 30 Under 30 recipient, and like me, started his business while back in school.\\xa0Today Dan is going to share some valuable knowledge on how inventors, startups, and small manufacturers can use the power of truly understanding a customer\\u2019s pain point, and using that understanding to create and sell highly successful products.\\nToday you will hear us talk about:\\n\\nA popular concept vs a problem-solving concept.\\n\\nUsed the process of creating value to create more products\\n\\nTried whitelabelling to other brands, but couldn\\u2019t best solve the end-client\\u2019s pain points.\\n\\nUsed innovation from the end-client.\\n\\nUse one sentence to solve a pain point for your end-customer.\\n\\nYou can come up with an invention idea by focusing on a problem and thinking hard about how to solve it.\\n\\n\\nEPISODE LINKS\\nDan Soviero / Signature Athletics Links:\\n\\n\\nWebsite: https://signaturelacrosse.com/\\n\\n\\n\\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-soviero-signature-athletics-3945b0a8/\\n\\n\\n\\nThe Product Startup Podcast Links:\\n\\n\\nWebsite: https://www.ProductStartup.com/\\n\\n\\n\\nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ProductStartup/\\n\\n\\n\\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ProductStartup/\\n\\n\\n\\nFacebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/ProductStartup/\\n\\n\\n\\nFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ProductStartup/\\n\\n\\n\\nPinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/ProductStartup/\\n\\n\\n\\nTwitter: https://twitter.com/ProductStartup\\n\\n\\n\\nYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/MakoInvent\\n\\n\\n\\nMako Design Links:\\n\\n\\nWebsite: https://www.makodesign.com/\\n\\n\\n\\nYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/MakoInvent\\n\\n\\n\\nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/MakoInvent/\\n\\n\\n\\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/MakoDesign/\\n\\n\\n\\nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/MakoInvent/\\n\\n\\n\\nPinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/MakoInvent/\\n\\n\\n\\nTwitter: https://twitter.com/MakoInvent/\\n\\n\\n\\nKevin Mako Links:\\n\\n\\nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/Entrepreneurs/\\n\\n\\n\\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/KevMako/\\n\\n\\n\\nQuora: https://www.quora.com/profile/Kevin-Mako\\n\\n\\n\\nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/KevMakoPage/\\n\\n\\n\\nTwitter: https://twitter.com/KevMako/\\n\\n\\n\\nAbout: 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\\u2019s 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!'