Product Genius, the Podcast for Inventors, Entrepreneurs, and Startups

Honest advice for inventors—with obscure cultural references included at no extra charge.

Episode Guide, Transcripts, and More

201-Help! I Have Too Many Ideas for Products, Designs, and Inventions!

202-Should I Buy a 3D Printer? (Flash of Genius)

203-You can’t afford perfect product development!

204-International Wildlife Federation Field Guide for Identifying Designers and Engineers

205-How Long Is This Going to Take?!

206-I’m an Inventor, Should I Learn CAD? (Flash of Genius)

207-What’s Luck Got to Do With It? Tiffany Krumins Visits to Talk About It

208-Should I Find a Factory on Alibaba? (Flash of Genius)

209-Inventing & Product Development Is Kind of Like Dating

210-You Are More Important Than Your Invention

211-The Road Trip Every Inventor Must Take

212-The School of Product Development

213-What Could Possibly Go Wrong? Product Development and Heist Movies

214-Additive, Subtractive, and Multiplicative Manufacturing

215-How Do I See If There Is a Market for My Product?

216-Invention Scams

217-Leveraging Changes in Product Development

218-Companies That Mean Well, But Are Not Meant for Inventor Entrepreneurs

219-Using AI to Help with Your Inventing Endeavors

220-No Bad Ideas? Brainstorming and Ideation Methods for Inventors and Product Developers

221-From Nuclear-Powered Submarines to Water Fountains with Nasoni Founder Steve Waddell

222-Yes, Virginia, There Are Bad Ideas

223-The Panda in the Room: Made in China or Made in the USA for Product Entrepreneurs?

224-China Manufacturing Follow-Up: A Path to Made in the USA

225-How to Price Your Product

226-Inventing Is Like an Eclipse—and Noah Reveals His Alter Ego

227-Product Licensing with The Inventor Lady, Rita Crompton

228-Read the Fine Print

229-Get Feedback on Your Product from People in Your Target Market with Justin Chen of PickFu

230-How to Shorten the Patent Process and Other Wisdom from Patent Agent Brock Kolls of Gr8BigIdeas

231-Bad Design with Maggie Weber of Refashioned Hippie

232-Your Product Is Not Your Spokesperson

233-3D Scanning for Inventors and Product Development

234-Small-Scale Manufacturing with 3D Printing – ZLabs3D

235-Product Development Super Friends with Willis Whiteside

236-Is Your Definition of Success Killing Your Creativity?

237-How to Kill Big Problems with Small Solutions

238-Healthy Personal and Business Habits for Inventors and Entrepreneurs

239-Molded Fiber Products with Charlie Langston of Tanbark

240-The Importance of Relationships in Product Development | Flash of Genius

241-Hope for Products That Might Never Have Been – Pronto Launch

242-Don’t Re-Invent the Wet Wipe – Private Label Solutions | Flash of Genius

243-Go-to-Market Strategies with Laurier Mandin of Graphos Product

244-Inventor of The Caulking Finger: Daniel Stephenson

245-The Producer Speaks | Flash of Genius

246-We Interviewed 3 AI Platforms. Here’s What They Told Us

247-How Teamwork Created the iLevel

248-The One-SKU Problem | Flash of Genius

249-Tariffs: What the Actual F?

250-Soft Goods Design & Manufacturing with Mark Thibadeau of Black Thread Creative

251-The Wait Calculation in Product Development

252-Evil Noah: The Dark Side of Inventor ‘Helpers’

253-Proof of Concept or Piece of Crap? | Flash of Genius

254-Superhero Special: The Inventress Meets Recovering Engineer Man

255-A New Product from an Old Technology for Laryngectomy Patients with Meryl Kaufman

256-Why Noah Does NOT Want You to Spend Money with Him

257-Inventor Beware: Red Flags of Scams | Flash of Genius

258-You Don’t Have to Wear a Suit or Have an Entourage | Flash of Genius

259-The 4 (or 5) People to Avoid at Networking Events

260-Provisional Patent AI Tool Is a Game Changer with Brock Kolls

261-Should Product Inventors and Developers Do Networking?

More Coming Soon!

We’ve been too busy innovating new products and recording new episodes. But fear not, soon this page will have access to more transcripts, show summaries, obscure sci-fi references from the 80s, and plenty of advice for inventor entrepreneurs!