A huge sea change in consumer products: six points of evidence
Although I trained as a designer, my work is always based on cultural anthropology. Any disruptive business model innovation has to be based on enduring, seismic…
This is not an attack on Stuart Weitzman
If this post comes off as a rant against a brand I will have missed the mark. I am using a recent experience with Stuart Weitzman…
This was not in the job description
I am possibly the first start-up founder who literally walked their heels off for a company. Here’s what happened as I criss-crossed Cambridge for Daily Grommet…
It’s not just for man caves. Your neighbor’s garage might be an R & D powerhouse.
I’ve been struggling to get a simple stat that adequately captures the explosion of “garage-works” R & D we at Daily Grommet see originating from regular…
Grommet hunting in Dublin: a random photo tour
I’m on an Aer Lingus flight back from Ireland. My co-founder Joanne and I were honored to be hosted for our travels by Enterprise Ireland, the…
Catapulting young companies to soar high (and avoid splatting)
Three plus years into it, Daily Grommet has become the leading place to launch a product (and often a company) in the USA. Delivering numbers (which…
Kicking off 2012 with Tequila, Tears and a CakeWreck
Grommet team party, January 6, 2012 The Boston-based Grommet team happily kicked off the New Year at Joanne’s house. By the way, this is not the…
Teaching kids to do “weird”
As a mother, I have only one annual over the top activity. It’s in the form of an exuberant advent calendar. Shameless bribery? Perhaps. Guilt-reducing? Check. …
All I want for Christmas is a 3-D Printer
Kickstarter is a red-hot online community that broadens access to almost any kind of project funding. You think of an idea, post it, and make a…
I’m thankful for our investors (and an above-and-beyond story)
Startup CEO’s can spend a lot of time privately sharing investor horror stories. But we also trade the good guy tales too. In that vein, I…
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