Comments on: Solving a Latent Need: Nike+iPod http://www.productbeautiful.com/2007/01/30/solving-a-latent-need-nikeipod/ Building Product Management from the Ground Up by Paul Young Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:50:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Doug http://www.productbeautiful.com/2007/01/30/solving-a-latent-need-nikeipod/comment-page-1/#comment-1633 Doug Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:42:49 +0000 http://www.productbeautiful.com/2007/01/30/solving-a-latent-need-nikeipod/#comment-1633 By Product Manager group, do you mean a group of inventors? I have a lot of ideas for solving needs, some dormant and some very obvious. I have these ideas, but I have no knowledge or skills on how to actually build or engineer them, no money to start a project, and no knowledge of the patenting system. The thought to hire someone to carry out an idea has occurred to me. Still I would need two things; 1) A patent/copyright so the hired person could not run off with the idea and 2) Some money to pay the hired person. Drop me a line if you are interested in discussing product/business ideas and ways to make them come to fruition without having the actual engineering skills or capital. By Product Manager group, do you mean a group of inventors? I have a lot of ideas for solving needs, some dormant and some very obvious. I have these ideas, but I have no knowledge or skills on how to actually build or engineer them, no money to start a project, and no knowledge of the patenting system. The thought to hire someone to carry out an idea has occurred to me. Still I would need two things; 1) A patent/copyright so the hired person could not run off with the idea and 2) Some money to pay the hired person. Drop me a line if you are interested in discussing product/business ideas and ways to make them come to fruition without having the actual engineering skills or capital.

]]> By: Paul http://www.productbeautiful.com/2007/01/30/solving-a-latent-need-nikeipod/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Paul Fri, 02 Feb 2007 20:14:16 +0000 http://www.productbeautiful.com/2007/01/30/solving-a-latent-need-nikeipod/#comment-75 Sounds like a pedometer would have met your need and the Nike+ product was overkill. Sounds like a pedometer would have met your need and the Nike+ product was overkill.

]]> By: Kirk http://www.productbeautiful.com/2007/01/30/solving-a-latent-need-nikeipod/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Kirk Fri, 02 Feb 2007 19:43:29 +0000 http://www.productbeautiful.com/2007/01/30/solving-a-latent-need-nikeipod/#comment-74 I've got one too. It can't be used for anythng but what you describe. I wanted to use it at CES to see how much walking I did through the day, but it had a lot of problems and ended up a waste of time and money (for that specific purpose). I wish I had a $1.95 pedometer. I’ve got one too. It can’t be used for anythng but what you describe. I wanted to use it at CES to see how much walking I did through the day, but it had a lot of problems and ended up a waste of time and money (for that specific purpose).

I wish I had a $1.95 pedometer.

]]> By: Paul http://www.productbeautiful.com/2007/01/30/solving-a-latent-need-nikeipod/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Paul Tue, 30 Jan 2007 21:47:14 +0000 http://www.productbeautiful.com/2007/01/30/solving-a-latent-need-nikeipod/#comment-71 So if you want to get around town in style your answer would be "buy a Yugo?" I could use a pedometer, AND a pad of paper, AND a calculator, AND a walkman, AND create a website to share my results with my friends around the World and challenge them to virtual runs. The point isn't that there are already products out there I could theoretically put together to do the same thing, it is that the Nike+iPod put together a solution that does it all for me, that makes it FUN, and doesn't require thought or effort, which in turn makes we want to buy it (and I did). The thought of buying a pedometer and recording all this stuff manually? Bleh. So if you want to get around town in style your answer would be “buy a Yugo?” I could use a pedometer, AND a pad of paper, AND a calculator, AND a walkman, AND create a website to share my results with my friends around the World and challenge them to virtual runs.

The point isn’t that there are already products out there I could theoretically put together to do the same thing, it is that the Nike+iPod put together a solution that does it all for me, that makes it FUN, and doesn’t require thought or effort, which in turn makes we want to buy it (and I did).

The thought of buying a pedometer and recording all this stuff manually? Bleh.

]]> By: Kirk http://www.productbeautiful.com/2007/01/30/solving-a-latent-need-nikeipod/comment-page-1/#comment-70 Kirk Tue, 30 Jan 2007 21:12:10 +0000 http://www.productbeautiful.com/2007/01/30/solving-a-latent-need-nikeipod/#comment-70 ...or buy a $1.95 pedometer. …or buy a $1.95 pedometer.

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