Season 2: 'Product development', Episode 6

A supply chain is a crucial component of any business. If you've developed a great product or service, how do you create a winning supply chain to bring it to market? In this episode Product Experts & Leading Entrepreneurs Reveal How it's done.

Guest Bios:

Sven Almenning (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sven-almenning-a8554b20/) is founder & CEO of the Speakeasy Group, a leading Australian hospitality group. (https://speakeasygroup.com.au/)

Ross Gales (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rossgales/) is Director of Design & Strategy at leading product design agency Pollen. (https://pollen.com.au).

Carrie Peters (https://www.linkedin.com/in/carriepeters/) is Product Design Principal at product design agency Us Two. (https://www.ustwo.com.au/)

Dr Wei Shin Lei (https://www.linkedin.com/in/weishinlai/)& Jason Wolfe are the founders of Acoustic Sheep, the manufacturing company of Sleepphones (https://www.sleepphones.com/).

Jessica Sepel (https://www.instagram.com/jshealth/?hl=en) is the founder of JS Health Vitamins (https://jshealthvitamins.com/)

What to listen out for:

02:01 What happens when supply chain breaks down? Hershey’s Halloween Meltdown

10:30 Carrie Peters: Why it is important to bring your manufacturers early in the ideation stage?

14:04 How Speakeasy Group makes the supply chain sourcing more collaborative

22:47 “Customers go once for the novelty, they return for quality.”

29:15 Why Dr. Wei Shin Lai of SleepPhones talk to their manufacturers weekly 

34:18 Tech startups should make the right decisions early on - Ross Gales

39:36 Entrepreneurs should carefully choose where they want to put their time and effort 

40:42 Buy Now Pay Later Digital Marketing offer from our sponsor 

44:43 NERD UNDER PRESSURE - regular segment 

Resources & links:

1. Herhsey's supply chain fail https://www.cio.com/article/2440386/supply-chain---hershey-s-bittersweet-lesson.html

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