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If you don't do your homework, choosing a manufacturer to develop your products can be a very long and costly process. Here are a few pointers on making the process less painful.

Kickstarting a hardware project ultimately means making hundreds or thousands of physical products that can compete in the modern marketplace.

While developing your own tech product may seem overwhelming, it is achievable -- even for non-techie entrepreneurs.

There is a fundamental difference between simply using a product versus using a product where you also know its history and how it was conceived. The latter elicits an emotional connection.

The process of bringing a product to market is grueling preparation for the demands of what follows.

These tips should help you to define exactly what your business offers, how that can serve the needs of your target market and how to build a niche for yourself.

Friends and colleagues will be politely reluctant to tell you your product has problems, unless you ask in a way that makes it safe to be honest.

Product developers feel a tidal pull to make things far more complicated than necessary or than anybody else wants.

A successful national rollout is achievable -- it just requires a little planning.

The legendary skateboarder describes his early entrepreneurial wipeouts and the hard lessons he learned from them.

Do your goods outshine the competition and instill fierce consumer loyalty?

This simple change can help you feel closer to your customers and create better solutions to their problems.

There is a difference between deeply understanding your customers by asking them what they want and doing exactly what they say.

There is a time when you must fall madly in love with the product you want to bring to market and a time to coolly determine if anybody else will.

A remote-controlled LED lightbulb and wireless earbuds are among the finalists in the Crowd2Shelf Contest hosted by office-supply chain Staples and crowdfunding site Fundable.

While waiting for something to get complete can feel like an eternity, it is important to make the most of that time.

Young consumers have distinct patterns for developing brand loyalty, beginning when the product is just somebody's good idea.

We all love great ideas but to get a product to market on time, and on budget, somebody needs to draw a line at good enough.

Empathetically observing customers use your product to solve their problem yields far better innovative ideas than simply asking for suggestions.

Here's how to use the scientific method to achieve success as an entrepreneur.

For entrepreneurs to succeed, they need to figure out consumers' needs and develop a product to solve these issues. Here are a few steps to help you determine product-market fit.