The things I am working on
Now
2019
Time to start again...
In 2018, my mother was diagnosed with cancer, and I brought her down to live with me for treatment. It was an advanced and aggressive cancer and she did not respond well to the treatments. She past away in the fall, and through the whole process, many things in my life got put on the back burner.
2019 is about getting back on track and being productive.
In March, I was a finalist in the City of Austin, [Re]Verse Pitch Competition. I came in 2nd in my category, but it was successful in lighting a fire under me.
2019 is about getting back on track and being productive.
In March, I was a finalist in the City of Austin, [Re]Verse Pitch Competition. I came in 2nd in my category, but it was successful in lighting a fire under me.
Number 1 Priority
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Cookie ConnectionsI was recently able to purchase a plastic injection mold machine, and very soon I will be back in the tessellating cookie cutter making business.
The project had to be put on the back burner because I lost access to the injection mold machine, but I am in the process of ramping it up again. I currently have 3 of my 22 designs completed, but I am looking to change my production process to make molds out of a combination of aluminum shell and 3D resin printed insert. The process will take a lot of refining, but when I have the bugs worked out, I will be able to produce a new mold in a day. The traditional method of cutting the mold completely out of aluminum can take weeks or months and you are limited to tooling tolerances. I am going to try and sell the existing stock of Halloween and Christmas cutters, and shoot for a couple Valentine's designs to prove the new process. |
Number 2 Priority
In March, I was a finalist in the [Re]Verse Pitch Competition.
The competition is to encourage businesses to develop products from manufacturing waste by-products that are destined for landfills.
The product I chose was polyester restaurant napkins and table cloths.
Restaurants use polyester products because they are cheap, durable and stain resistant. Unfortunately, they are not easily recyclable and get sent to the landfill.
My idea is to re-purpose the product into sleeping pillows for kids. The polyester will be cut out by lasers for the patterns, shredded for stuffing, and assembled using a non-sewing, heat bonding process. The end result will be a product made from 90%+ recycled materials.
I am currently limited by time, space, and equipment on this project, but the goal would be to run a crowd source funding project in Q1 of 2020. Still very excited by the project.
In March, I was a finalist in the [Re]Verse Pitch Competition.
The competition is to encourage businesses to develop products from manufacturing waste by-products that are destined for landfills.
The product I chose was polyester restaurant napkins and table cloths.
Restaurants use polyester products because they are cheap, durable and stain resistant. Unfortunately, they are not easily recyclable and get sent to the landfill.
My idea is to re-purpose the product into sleeping pillows for kids. The polyester will be cut out by lasers for the patterns, shredded for stuffing, and assembled using a non-sewing, heat bonding process. The end result will be a product made from 90%+ recycled materials.
I am currently limited by time, space, and equipment on this project, but the goal would be to run a crowd source funding project in Q1 of 2020. Still very excited by the project.
Number 3 Priority
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NOW page inspired by Derek Sivers
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My Creative History
2016-2017
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www.householdhunt.comI left a developer job at Dell to start another business. This time developing small consumer products where I could manage all aspects of production. Prototype and produce a small run of product, take it to market, validate the idea and build a plan to scale.
I released three products, Household Hints, a kitchen labeling system for shared spaces, Inc'd Tees, a line of children clothing, and Cookie Connections, a line of tessellating cookie cutters. I also had two more products within 60 days of release and 5 others in the prototype stage. I had to put the project on hold when I lost access to my manufacturing facility. |