We hope you can join us at the upcoming Stanford University Entrepreneurship Week "Bring Your Product to Life" Workshop and DesignSight, an event hosted by the San Francisco Chapter of the Industrial Designers Society of America. Ashton Udall, of Global Sourcing Specialists, will be speaking at these two upcoming events on the topics of sourcing and managing overseas manufacturing. The events are geared to delve deep into practical, nuts and bolts practices and stories of design and manufacturing in the entrepreneurial process. Specifically, Ashton will focus on the process of successfully moving products from development and low volume manufacturing to high volume manufacturing with qualified offshore manufacturing partners. Event details are below. We hope you can join us!
Agenda:
Ideas to prototype to market – Entrepreneurs are those that can successfully navigate this path. Bringing Products to Life is about taking the necessary steps so that products can scale in the market, sustainably. Led by Marc Theeuwes, Consulting Associate Professor, Stanford's Mechanical Engineering Design Division, this is an interactive workshop with a world class panel that brings practical insights from over 100 years of collective experience with leading products and services. Entrepreneurs, bring your product ideas to this workshop and learn from the experts.
1-1:15 Welcome, Opening Remarks “Bring Products to Life” – Marc Theeuwes
Entrepreneur’s meet your neighbors and start your engines
Entrepreneur’s with products – What’s Your Killer Question
1:15-2:15 – Top Three Truths for Bringing Life to Products – from Domain Experts:
Panel Members:
Spencer Johnson, Director Performance Projects, Logitech – Manufacturing Preparation & Quality
Dariush Rafinejad, Stanford Consulting Associate Professor – Sustainability
President Blue Dome Consulting
Jeffrey Schox, Founder, Schox Patent Law Group – Protecting Intellectual Property
Dongkai Shangguan, Vice President and Senior Fellow – Contract Manufacturing
Technology Leadership Group, Flextronics
Malcolm Smith, Senior Product Development Executive – Design to Manufacturing
Marc Theeuwes, Stanford Consulting Associate Professor – Moderator
Entrepreneur In Residence Nokia Growth Partners
Richard Toepfer, Product Realization Network Mentor – Managing Teams
Phillip Trinidad, President and CEO, Protopulsion, Inc. – Rapid Prototyping
Ashton Udall, Partner, Global Sourcing Specialists – Going Global / Working Overseas
2:15 – 3pm – Question and Answer session, Guiding questions:
1. Getting the design ready
2. Building the first batch – self, vendors, contract manufacturing
3. Getting it in the market
4. Going from 1.0 to 2.0
5. Going big – local, overseas, timing, and funding
Date:
Saturday, February 21
Time:
1:00-3:00 PM
Location:
Hartley Conference Center, Mitchell Building, School of Earth Sciences (Map, Parking Info)
Registration:
None
Cost:
Free
Host:
Product Realization Network (PRN)
TUESDAY FEB 24th ~ Join Us!
DesignSight is a new event series developed to help stimulate important conversations within the design community.
The mission of this month's event is Creative Entrepreneurship – Design Business. Any designer considering entrepreneurship or those looking to fine tune their business practices in the face of the recession should attend. Come ready to discuss your concerns with experts on topics such as: business frameworks specific to design, intellectual property, sourcing, entrepreneurial best practices and product development.
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$35 – Dinner, Drinks and Great Conversation
7:00 pm
Andalu Restaurant | in the Mission District of San Francisco
3198 16th St., San Francisco CA | (415) 621-2211
Please RSVP with your top 3 table choices.
Table 1. John Edson – President – LUNAR
Table 2. Ashton Udall – Global Sourcing Specialists
Table 3. Mathew Lawyer – MD, JD, MPH, registered USPTO Patent Agent and Entrepreneur
Table 4. Mike Strasser – Managing Member – Think2Build and ReactorSF