There are billions of LEGO bricks covered in the brand name. How the company is able to do that is a great example of manufacturing techniques and economies of scale.

When you accept that you don't have to do everything yourself, you can be liberated by the realisation that you can in fact make anything.

Making is actually the easy bit. That isn't to say that the whole process is easy, otherwise everyone would do it. What I really meant is that it's not difficult in the way that most people think.

You’ve come up with a product idea, and Kickstarter has shown you that people actually want it. Now you have to make it.

The pre-launch phase of a Kickstarter campaign. What you need to do before launching.

Here are my key considerations when kicking off a new product development project.

A good design process is about working backwards from what people need, not throwing an idea at them and hoping they like it.

Turning your ideas into products isn't as difficult as you think. Ever since I ran my first Kickstarter campaign, which was for a razor, people often say to me "how on earth did you know how to make a razor?"