53 episodes

Providing you with practical tips to turn your great ideas into profitable products, up-level your project management skills to build a successful business, and allows you to do what you’re most passionate about, create product lines that excite your customers.

In each episode you’ll get tips for practical templates, step-by-step action plans, and mitigation tactics to overcome the hiccups you encounter when developing new products. You can apply what you learn immediately in your daily business.

From Product Idea to a Thriving Business Marie-Louise Anthonissen

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Providing you with practical tips to turn your great ideas into profitable products, up-level your project management skills to build a successful business, and allows you to do what you’re most passionate about, create product lines that excite your customers.

In each episode you’ll get tips for practical templates, step-by-step action plans, and mitigation tactics to overcome the hiccups you encounter when developing new products. You can apply what you learn immediately in your daily business.

    Why You Need a Project Business Plan and What Should be Inside

    Why You Need a Project Business Plan and What Should be Inside

    The goal of the Project Business Plan is to give insight in the business case and convince stakeholders in your organization or business why this new product is such a great idea.  

    When you have this Project Business Plan approved, everyone is on board of your new project and you can start with the actual product development, appoint resources and organize the project kick-off.



    Because I know you’re busy, I’ve created something special for you. A free monthly project template training. Because I know from experience, using easy to work with templates as project manager brings efficiency, overview and more control. My free monthly training will support you in using 'done for you templates' to manage your projects, so you don't have to invent the wheel.

     

    In this free monthly training, you'll learn:

    •          How and when to use the 'done for you' template in new product development.

    •          FREE download of the templates

    •          Every month you'll learn a new project template. 

     

    Free training: every 4th week of the month on Friday at 15:00 CET. You'll receive the invite via a separate email.

    You can apply what you learn immediately in your daily activities. 

    Sign up by clicking here!

    • 6 min
    When is the Best Time to Invest in Product Samples for Your New Product Idea?

    When is the Best Time to Invest in Product Samples for Your New Product Idea?

    Hello and welcome to a new episode of my show and today I would like to talk to you about when the best time is for you to create samples of your new product idea.

    And I've learned in the past 20 years in my roles as a project manager and product manager in new product development projects, that when you decide to spend money too soon in creating product samples, you often throw away that money immediately.

    Let's spill the tea on how to avoid this and stay within your development budget. Listen now!



    To help you get started in adding efficiency to you business, I have created a FREE Excel Adjustable product development template for you.

    You can download it for free here!

    • 8 min
    Best Practises to Run New Product Development Projects in Small Product-based Businesses?

    Best Practises to Run New Product Development Projects in Small Product-based Businesses?

    I'm so happy you're here!

    If you are working on a new product idea, you want to make sure that you deliver the correct product on time at the right price to your customer. Taking into account the travel from the manufacturer to the warehouse to your customer. There are a lot of moving parts and a lot of things that need to be taken care of.

     

    Some tips I'm going to share with you today is how I'm managing the development of new products myself when I work for corporate companies. And they can be translate to a smaller product-based businesses as well in a much leaner way.

     

    Follow the same principles and the same way of working but make it practical and easy to do. 



    I also have a free template for you to get you started. It's a free Excel adjustable product development planning template for you. 

    Go ahead, download it for free here! It will save you a lot of time!

    • 9 min
    Why are Systems and Processes Essential for Small Product-based Businesses?

    Why are Systems and Processes Essential for Small Product-based Businesses?

    Hey there, and welcome to a new episode of my show. And today, I'd like to talk to you about why it's important to have systems and processes in place in a new product development when you want to scale or grow your business.



    And even if you don't have a product business yet, still, it is still wise to have project and management processes and product development systems in place. It will save you a lot of time during development and your processes are professional from the start of your business. Who doesn't want to do spend less money and waste less time if possible?!



    I love to help you get started fast. Download my FREE Adjustable product development planning in Excel on my website

    Click here for your free download!

    • 9 min
    Why planning your new product idea from A to Z will bring in more profit?

    Why planning your new product idea from A to Z will bring in more profit?

    For those of you who are doubting whether you should start a physical product-based business, keep listening because I’ve got you. I know that it's sometimes scary to start something new and to invest a lot of money in your new business idea or your new product idea.

     

    Because new product development can be complex and has a lot of moving parts, you should always create a project plan. Because when you have a well-thought-out plan, you feel confident and in control. You have a clear overview of all your resources and all the activities that need to be done from product idea, through specification, development, manufacturing, and launch. And this makes the chance of a successful product launch so much higher. And this is what you're looking for, right?

     

    In addition, it's very important that you use tools and templates that help you really master your new product development, be in control and feel certain that you can do a good job in managing the project team working on your new product. 

     

    I love to help you get started fast. Download my FREE Adjustable product development planning in Excel on my website

    Click ⁠here⁠ for your free download!

    So here we go! 

    • 10 min
    How to Determine the Sales Price of Your New Product ?

    How to Determine the Sales Price of Your New Product ?

    When you want to determine the selling price of your new product, you need to consider the production cost, the competition, and the target market.

    There are many factors that influence your final selling price and profitability of your new product. 

    If you want to have a profitable product you need to carefully calculate the total costs to get from product idea, through, development, manufacturing, shipment and launch.

    Let’s dive in how you can determine the selling price of your new product.



    If you feel you need some help in implementing a step-by-step process to get from product idea to launch in your product-based business, sign-up for the Product-Based Business Hub. 

    THE membership for entrepreneurs and product-based business owners where you’ll feel supported when developing your own products.

    Think of product development blueprints, project & product strategies, masterclasses, templates and Q&A’s that are waiting for you.

    Connect with like-minded souls in the membership community. I’m preparing something great for you! More info is coming your way very soon!

    Click here to sign-up now and get inspired soon!

    • 13 min

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