Iterating Your Process
You’ve thought of an idea for a new product. You’ve come up with several designs. You’ve prototyped and tested your top few ideas. Now what? Iterating Yes, the “last” step is iterating. (You’ll know why “last” is in quotes by the end of this article!) If you’ve been following... Read More...
Design Thinking 3: Prototyping and Testing
You’re excited to make a new product. You’ve followed the first few steps of the Design Thinking process. (If you haven’t? Start by reading the first and second) articles in this series to learn about those.) Now it’s time for, in my opinion, the two most fun steps of... Read More...
Design Thinking 2: How to Use Ideation in Your Business
You want to design a new product. Design Thinking can help! In the last article, you learned the first 2 steps of the Design Thinking process: Define the Problem and Identify Constraints. The next step is Ideation. If you’ve been following along, you remember that Rhonda decided to make... Read More...
What You Need to know about Design Thinking
Design thinking: you’ve probably heard of it. But have you ever wondered how you can apply it in your business? Rhonda recently had a chance to do that… If you’re a regular PCat reader, you know that Rhonda is a retired nurse who now has a business making and... Read More...
Intro to Materials Selection for Makers
Materials Selection Introduction You’ve got a great idea for a new product. Now, what material will you make it out of? If you’re like most people, the answer is probably “uh, whatever I have lying around,” “something that looks interesting,” “something cheap,” or “something I already know how to... Read More...
THE ZATTATAT CAST:
Meet the characters with the skills & Zattatudes who can help engineer your manufacturing success
Princess Capybara
Age: 35
Background: Biotech
Current Gig: Mold-Making
Zattatude: Seeks to geek out with the top tech she knows best
Gary
Age: 44
Background: Accounting
Current Gig: Baking
Zattatude: Lives to figure out how everything in life adds up
Process Cat
Age: Timeless
Background: Manufacturing
Current Gig: Helping People
Zattatude: Loves to teach others how to scale up their businesses
Rhonda
Age: 53
Background: Nursing
Current Gig: Woodworking
Zattatude: Celebrates ditching her bureaucratic hospital job for her hands-on craft business