Product Genius: Inventions, Inventors, and Startups

Noah McNeely and Steven Julian
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Product Genius is the down-to-earth podcast for Inventors and Entrepreneurs. Together, we explore important topics about inventing and launching new products to help you become a Product Genius. If you want to be a successful inventor-entrepreneur, then Product Genius is the podcast for you!

  1. JAN 30

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

    Episode 190 - Meryl Kaufman is a speech-language pathologist with over 30 years of clinical practice specializing in speech and swallowing rehabilitation for patients with head and neck cancer. She has worked in multidisciplinary academic medical centers throughout the Southeast, including the Medical College of Georgia, the Medical University of South Carolina, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Emory University. She is also a co-founder and former long-term board member of the Head and Neck Cancer Alliance, a nonprofit organization dedicated to prevention, early detection, and awareness of head and neck cancer.  In 2018, she founded Georgia Speech and Swallowing, LLC, a company focused on national advocacy, outreach, education, and product development for individuals who have undergone laryngectomy surgery (removal of the voice box/larynx). She has recently developed, patented, and licensed an alternative method of voice production, offering a low-cost and accessible voice rehabilitation option for laryngectomy patients worldwide. She collaborated with Noah McNeely at Product QuickStart in developing the CAD designs and prototypes to support the product launch. https://www.headandneck.org/team/meryl-kaufman-med-ccc-slp-bcs-s/   https://leader.pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/leader.PA2.19092014.30 Product QuickStart: Noah McNeely https://productquickstart.com 'opu probiotics by Tiffany Krumins: https://www.opuprobiotics.com Podcast Website: https://productgeniuspod.com Slightly Annoying Co-Host: Steven Julian https://www.infinitywmg.com/  Podcast Producer: Jodey Smith https://www.jodeysmith.com/

    41 min

  2. 11/14/2025

    Superhero Special: Lisa Ascolese, "the Inventress", talks with "Recovering Engineer Man" Noah McNeely

    Episode 189 - Inventor Spotlight TV, host Lisa Ascolese—the Inventress and CEO of Inventing A to Z Lisa Ascolese, the Inventress: https://inventorsspotlighttv.com/  Product QuickStart: Noah McNeely https://productquickstart.com 'opu probiotics by Tiffany Krumins: https://www.opuprobiotics.com Podcast Website: https://productgeniuspod.com Slightly Annoying Co-Host: Steven Julian https://www.infinitywmg.com/  Podcast Producer: Jodey Smith https://www.jodeysmith.com/

    44 min

  3. 10/17/2025

    Evil Noah? The dark side of inventor "helpers"

    Episode 188 - Has Noah turned on us? Product QuickStart: Noah McNeely https://productquickstart.com 'opu probiotics by Tiffany Krumins: https://www.opuprobiotics.com Podcast Website: https://productgeniuspod.com Slightly Annoying Co-Host: Steven Julian https://www.infinitywmg.com/  Podcast Producer: Jodey Smith https://www.jodeysmith.com/

    36 min

  4. 09/26/2025

    Proof of Concept OR Piece of Crap? | Flash of Genius mini-episode

    Episode 187 - Noah explains it all. Product QuickStart: Noah McNeely https://productquickstart.com 'opu probiotics by Tiffany Krumins: https://www.opuprobiotics.com Podcast Website: https://productgeniuspod.com Slightly Annoying Co-Host: Steven Julian https://www.infinitywmg.com/  Podcast Producer: Jodey Smith https://www.jodeysmith.com/

    8 min

  5. 09/12/2025

    The Wait Calculation in Product Development

    Episode 186 - Should I wait or should I go? Product QuickStart: Noah McNeely https://productquickstart.com 'opu probiotics by Tiffany Krumins: https://www.opuprobiotics.com Podcast Website: https://productgeniuspod.com Slightly Annoying Co-Host: Steven Julian https://www.infinitywmg.com/  Podcast Producer: Jodey Smith https://www.jodeysmith.com/

    41 min

  6. 08/29/2025

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

    Episode 185 - "BLACK THREAD CREATIVE is a soft-goods focused industrial design firm based in Atlanta, USA. We merge cut and sewn textiles with modern manufacturing techniques to bring a performance and function-first approach to textile based product design." Black Thread Creative: Mark Thibadeau https://www.blackthreadcreative.com/  Product QuickStart: Noah McNeely https://productquickstart.com 'opu probiotics by Tiffany Krumins: https://www.opuprobiotics.com Podcast Website: https://productgeniuspod.com Slightly Annoying Co-Host: Steven Julian https://www.infinitywmg.com/  Podcast Producer: Jodey Smith https://www.jodeysmith.com/

    38 min

  7. 08/07/2025

    Tariffs - What the actual F?

    Episode 184 - How tariffs affect product development and manufacturing.  Product QuickStart: Noah McNeely https://productquickstart.com 'opu probiotics by Tiffany Krumins: https://www.opuprobiotics.com Podcast Website: https://productgeniuspod.com Slightly Annoying Co-Host: Steven Julian https://www.infinitywmg.com/  Podcast Producer: Jodey Smith https://www.jodeysmith.com/

    44 min

  8. 07/25/2025

    The "One Sku" Problem | Flash of Genius mini-episode

    Episode 183 - Something to consider when you have one sku. https://www.cardboardhelicopter.com/  Product QuickStart: Noah McNeely https://productquickstart.com 'opu probiotics by Tiffany Krumins: https://www.opuprobiotics.com Podcast Website: https://productgeniuspod.com Slightly Annoying Co-Host: Steven Julian https://www.infinitywmg.com/

    6 min
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Product Genius is the down-to-earth podcast for Inventors and Entrepreneurs. Together, we explore important topics about inventing and launching new products to help you become a Product Genius. If you want to be a successful inventor-entrepreneur, then Product Genius is the podcast for you!

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