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LOW COST PROTOTYPING
OVERVIEW
NARA LEE
KIM BLACKBUR
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ROB AHLANDE
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OTHERS
IN-HOUSE
OUTSOURCING
DALLAS THORNTO
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• Software
Categories of Development
•Websites • Physical
Products
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• Campus Resources• http://marriottschool.byu.edu/cet/resources/techstudents
• Online Resources• oDesk, Elance
• Google Sites, Yahoo Sitebuilder, Microsoft FrontPage
• Possibility of giving up equity for
development
Software and Website Development
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• Klymit’s story
• The point of a prototype is to:• Prove that it works
• Share your vision
• Get a patent
Do it Yourself Prototyping
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• Take concepts from all industries and combine to get your product
Ex: Reebok and IV tubes
• “Use super glue and duck tape”
• Almost all prototypes < $200
• “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know”
How do you keep it cheap?
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3-D Printing
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•Examples of costs• http://www.inventionstatistics.com/Inventio
n_Prototypes_Costs.html
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•Tool and Die shops
•Machinists
•Welders
•Handymen
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Outsourcing- is any task, operation, job or process that could be performed by employees within your company, but is instead contracted to a third party for a significant period of time
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Example of Outsourcing
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The advantages of outsourcingYields Cost SavingsProvides FlexibilityProvides the Ability to concentrate on the Core Business
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The disadvantages of outsourcingQuality ProblemsLoss of Managerial controlSecurity and Confidentiality issues
Virtualemployee.com- Indiahttp://www.virtualemployee.com/
•Cost of hiring a full time dedicated employee in India : US $895- US$ 1495 per month
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Useful Outsourcing Websitehttp://www.integracore.com/http://www.outsourcing.org/
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