Topic: Product Development

November 4, 2026

John built Magtie to fix the fake-looking pre-tied bow tie. See how Gembah engineered the magnetic collar-stay system and found its real buyer: the father of the bride.

October 26, 2026

The most expensive product-development mistakes are the ones founders don't see coming: spending on protection before proof, tooling before the design is frozen, and six more.

October 7, 2026

ThumBee founders Jordan and Nick Ripley on the 20 manufacturers who said no, a silicone mold still on a shelf in Minnesota, and the TikTok video that emptied the house.

September 24, 2026

Founders budget electronics programs as a single number and then get surprised five separate times. BOM, NRE, tooling, certification, and landed cost behave differently, break differently, and respond to volume differently. Here's how each one actually works.

September 22, 2026

Search Grounds founder Miguel Ferrer on 32 years in Fire Rescue, the coffee ritual that built bridges on disaster deployments, and the 72-Hour Cuban Coffee Kit.

September 22, 2026

Buster Brush founder Erik Radbill on the four years before his dog toothbrush existed — the factories that said no, the patent, and why hard to build means hard to steal.

September 22, 2026

Four factories said no. Erik Radbill spent years and a utility patent with nothing to sell — until Gembah solved the two-material build. How The Buster Brush got made.

September 18, 2026

The moment your kitchen product has a cord, it stops being a housewares project and becomes an electrical one. Safety listing, food-contact materials, and sometimes an FCC filing all land on the critical path, and every one is cheaper to plan for than to retrofit.

September 15, 2026

We're on the vendor side of this, so here's the thing our side doesn't always volunteer: the most expensive mistake in product development is finding out at the factory that your finished design can't be built at your price. It's knowable months earlier.

September 14, 2026

How a loving dad, clever storytelling, and the right product-development team at Gembah transformed a family tradition into an award-winning product reaching ten thousand families across North America. When Marc Fetscherin set out to create Bones Is Back®, he didn’t simply want to make another Halloween toy. He wanted to create a new family tradition—one ... Read more

September 10, 2026

Every guide to manufacturing an idea hands you the same five steps, and they fail the same way. The steps only make sense once you know which of three paths you're on, because that choice sets your budget, your timeline, and how you can fail.

August 12, 2026

Founder Kaylene George created the Peony Teaware Set — six coordinating pieces designed for solo tea time. See how Gembah took it from idea to first sample.