Where to find a manufacturer for a physical product
Most suppliers on the big sourcing marketplaces are middlemen, not factories, whatever the listing says. Here is how to tell the difference, and why the first quote is never the price.
Tom HillProduct
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Tom Hill
How to design a product with AI
Start with the brand, not the product. Set the invariants it must hit, then use AI for the images, video and 3D that make it real enough to test.
Oliver Bagin
How much does product visualisation cost?
From $0 with Blender to $4,716 a year for SOLIDWORKS Premium, with AI tools between $10 and $120 a month and professional renders at $100 to $300 an image.
Oliver Bagin
Types of product visualisation and which one you need
Image, video and 3D. Images come first because everything else is built from them, video performs best in ads, and 3D pays off when you need a prototype or a website that holds attention.
Oliver BaginDraper vs a business coach or consultant
A good coach with real domain experience beats software. The problem is cost and variance — you pay for months before you can tell which coach you hired.
Ben Abbatangelo
Draper vs ChatGPT for starting a business
ChatGPT and Claude are generalist models that answer what you ask. Draper is a start-a-business app that holds the path and pushes the next right step.
Ben Abbatangelo
What is a start-a-business app?
A start-a-business app takes one person from an idea to a running business, doing the work of product, marketing, legal and finance rather than advising on it.
Ben Abbatangelo
What does Draper actually do?
Draper is a start-a-business app: one AI mentor coordinating product, marketing, legal and finance departments that unlock in stages as your business moves.
Ben Abbatangelo