Well, it was a double session of Hands-On Rapid Innovation Accelerator again in the morning today and today was all about different ways and means of prototyping.
So, from the basic hand-made clay molding to the CAD based molding, machining and 3-D printing, everything was discussed in the class today. Chris joined us for today's sessions, so it was both Chris and Zubin who were discussing details on various aspects of prototyping. This two-person system was particularly useful as when Chris was talking about various tools and apps available to us, and answering our queries, Zubin was on the PC, and used to login to the relevant website immediately to show us a short video on the matter or to show just the website, as per the case we were discussing.
And we discussed not just the prototyping of physical objects, but also of websites and mobile apps. Knowing the different tools available at our disposal is really a great know-how to have.
Similar to last time Zubin also shared a book with us on prototyping, and there was some hands-on : where we were told to sell a water-bottle nozzle that can be used to water plants in the house, and thus determine its market price.
I am glad to announce that yet again, me teaming up with Florent, the exchange student here at IE, sold the thing in least amount of time and at the maximum price - 3.5 EUR for a thing whose market price in Madrid was later revealed to be 1.25 EUR. What can I say, this MBA has taught me some tricks of the trade :-)
Another hands-on exercise was to build a paper tower, in limited amount of time, such that it will stand on its own and will be the tallest tower. While my team got the tower up, the work done by winning team was really impressive.
What was most impressive about today's class though was the demo of 3-D printer in the class. We were walked through how it is operated, what are its different parts, how can we design for the printer using different techniques, who are the different makers and what is the typical price range for these 3-D printers.
What more, we will have an access to this one over the weekend for creating our own prototypes :-)
Posting a photo which I also put in my tweet [@ptdalvi] today, to showcase all aspects of this amazing class today.
As for the rest of today, next class was of Applied Corporate Finance, and I am not sure why, but I felt really exhausted and sleepy during this class today. I was literally suffering, and I suspect I have caught up a slight fever during this class. Anyways, went to the reflection room for a power nap after this class, and then joined three different work groups for submissions due real soon.
And to conclude today's post, here is a line that Zubin mentioned to us today [apparently, they use this a lot at Google] - "Perfect is the enemy of good-enough", so don't wait for that perfect product to go to the market, launch early, launch rapidly, launch it lean - as long as it is good enough to do the core functionality, it can always be iterated for improvements after market reaction is gauged :-)
So, from the basic hand-made clay molding to the CAD based molding, machining and 3-D printing, everything was discussed in the class today. Chris joined us for today's sessions, so it was both Chris and Zubin who were discussing details on various aspects of prototyping. This two-person system was particularly useful as when Chris was talking about various tools and apps available to us, and answering our queries, Zubin was on the PC, and used to login to the relevant website immediately to show us a short video on the matter or to show just the website, as per the case we were discussing.
And we discussed not just the prototyping of physical objects, but also of websites and mobile apps. Knowing the different tools available at our disposal is really a great know-how to have.
Similar to last time Zubin also shared a book with us on prototyping, and there was some hands-on : where we were told to sell a water-bottle nozzle that can be used to water plants in the house, and thus determine its market price.
I am glad to announce that yet again, me teaming up with Florent, the exchange student here at IE, sold the thing in least amount of time and at the maximum price - 3.5 EUR for a thing whose market price in Madrid was later revealed to be 1.25 EUR. What can I say, this MBA has taught me some tricks of the trade :-)
Another hands-on exercise was to build a paper tower, in limited amount of time, such that it will stand on its own and will be the tallest tower. While my team got the tower up, the work done by winning team was really impressive.
What was most impressive about today's class though was the demo of 3-D printer in the class. We were walked through how it is operated, what are its different parts, how can we design for the printer using different techniques, who are the different makers and what is the typical price range for these 3-D printers.
What more, we will have an access to this one over the weekend for creating our own prototypes :-)
Posting a photo which I also put in my tweet [@ptdalvi] today, to showcase all aspects of this amazing class today.
As for the rest of today, next class was of Applied Corporate Finance, and I am not sure why, but I felt really exhausted and sleepy during this class today. I was literally suffering, and I suspect I have caught up a slight fever during this class. Anyways, went to the reflection room for a power nap after this class, and then joined three different work groups for submissions due real soon.
And to conclude today's post, here is a line that Zubin mentioned to us today [apparently, they use this a lot at Google] - "Perfect is the enemy of good-enough", so don't wait for that perfect product to go to the market, launch early, launch rapidly, launch it lean - as long as it is good enough to do the core functionality, it can always be iterated for improvements after market reaction is gauged :-)
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