Dorian Ferrari's guest appearances

Dorian Ferrari

The Unofficial Shopify Podcast: Tales of eCommerce Entrepreneurship

The Self-Made Expert Podcast

Liston Witherill

Michael Steele

Jonathan Stark

Paul Jarvis

Eric White

Eric Davis

Noah Kagan

Cheryl Janis

Richard Littauer

Philip Morgan

John Jantsch

Samuel Hulick

Val Geisler

Stephen Warley

Matt Giovanisci

OwlTail

LEAD

CPP 073: Dorian Ferrari on Lead Generation

What's the best product to sell? Your own! Most people have likely had an idea for a product they'd like to make, but that's all they have: an idea. We don't know what to do next. In today's episode, I talk to product designer Dorian Ferrari about what exact steps to take to go from idea to reality, how much it'll cost, and what pitfalls to watch out for. Dorian Ferrari helps inventors and small businesses take their concepts to prototype or production ready 3D models. With 20 years of experience, his clients come from all over the consumer product spectrum from toys to phones. — Subscribe to The Unofficial Shopify Podcast on iTunes Subscribe to The Unofficial Shopify Podcast on Stitcher Subscribe to The Unofficial Shopify Podcast via RSS — Learn:  Going from concept to prototype Hiring a product or mechanical designer The difference between prototypes to mass manufactured What to bring to your product designer How much to budget for your prototype Where &amp; how to get 3D prints made Pitfalls of entering the manufacturing stage and mass production How design for 3D printing is different than design for manufacturing. Best ways to bridge your prototype and production.  Links:  http://www.catzdesignfarm.com/ http://www.3dprintingcrashcourse.com/ http://www.shapeways.com/  Free Guide I want to send you a sample chapter of Ecommerce Bootcamp, absolutely free. Tell me where to send your sample at ecommerce-bootcamp.com

<p>What's the best product to sell? Your own! Most people have likely had an idea for a product they'd like to make, but that's all they have: an idea. We don't know what to do next. In today's episode, I talk to product designer Dorian Ferrari about what exact steps to take to go from idea to reality, how much it'll cost, and what pitfalls to watch out for.</p> <p>Dorian Ferrari helps inventors and small businesses take their concepts to prototype or production ready 3D models. With 20 years of experience, his clients come from all over the consumer product spectrum from toys to phones.</p> <p>—</p> <p><strong><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/unofficial-shopify-podcast/id918602360" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe to The Unofficial Shopify Podcast on iTunes</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/unofficial-shopify-podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe to The Unofficial Shopify Podcast on Stitcher</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="http://simplecast.fm/podcasts/244/rss" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe to The Unofficial Shopify Podcast via RSS</a></strong></p> <p>—</p> <h2>Learn:</h2> <ul> <li>Going from concept to prototype</li> <li>Hiring a product or mechanical designer</li> <li>The difference between prototypes to mass manufactured</li> <li>What to bring to your product designer</li> <li>How much to budget for your prototype</li> <li>Where &amp; how to get 3D prints made</li> <li>Pitfalls of entering the manufacturing stage and mass production</li> <li>How design for 3D printing is different than design for manufacturing.</li> <li>Best ways to bridge your prototype and production.</li> </ul> <h2>Links:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.catzdesignfarm.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.catzdesignfarm.com/</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.3dprintingcrashcourse.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.3dprintingcrashcourse.com/</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.shapeways.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.shapeways.com/</a></li> </ul> <h2>Free Guide</h2> <p>I want to send you a sample chapter of <em>Ecommerce Bootcamp</em>, absolutely free.</p> <p>Tell me where to send your sample at <a href="http://ecommerce-bootcamp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ecommerce-bootcamp.com</a></p>

Designing Products & 3D Printing with Dorian Ferrari