January 2010—Getting Ahead of the Curve with Prototyping
Entrepreneurs often have to ‘play’ with their design to get it just right. Early in the design phase, it’s easiest to make minor adjustments to a new design. It is also the best time to tweak a design for production purposes — long before manufacturing.
Not only do prototyped components have to fit together and function properly, but they need to have the right thicknesses to make them rugged, the right shapes to make them attractive, and the right bottom line costs to make them marketable.
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