Seven Surprises about going to The White House
I’m sitting perched on a chair in a corner of my family room, with my youngest son. We are trying to stay out of the way…
LIVE from the White House Maker Faire
Introducing The Grommet Wholesale: At The White House Maker Faire today! Today, in conjunction with President Obama at the first ever White House Maker Faire, we…
5 Steps to Take Your Product from Concept to Reality
This piece was originally published by Entrepreneur magazine. I reproduce it in its entirety here. Jules Pieri started The Grommet, a product-launch platform, after realizing that contemporary…
Five years of freaking out in public: Happy Birthday to The Grommet
Our Marketing team asked me to write a post noting the five-year anniversary of The Grommet’s launch. Hoping to get over my writer’s block, I asked…
The Post-Kickstarter conundrum: Delivering companies DOA?
This piece was originally published in Xconomy, here. Picture this: two guys in a garage coding The Next Big Thing. It’s an iconic and familiar image.…
Three crazy-great stories that make me proud
We had great success with launching three wildly different Grommets last week. I share them below. Squatty Potty. This is a brave story for us. I…
Who says startup offices have to be quiet? Bring on da noise.
I’ve always been struck that many technology startups are very, very quiet offices. No “Mad Man-esque” phones ringing or typewriters clacking and office chitchat. Not a…
Tech Cash Pours into Food Startups; while Kickstarter Stays Course
Today’s Wall Street Journal released an article on the flow of new investments into artisinal food businesses. These are enterprises that would have been laughed out…
The top trend we see at Grommet
One of the coolest things about launching a product every day is we have a direct, tangible pulse on consumer sentiment. People tell us what they…
Only the Mafia is more secretive than this industry
There’s been a bit of press buzz about a new candy line, created by a 15-year-old. It’s called Unreal Brands. The news stories focus on the…
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