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Product ideas, inventions and inventors have been making headlines in the media lately. Just this week the Ottawa Citizen covered an Industry Canada Inventor Report that showed 13 per cent of Canadians consider themselves inventors – are you one of them? If so, you may be interested in knowing what it takes to move your idea from the “ah-ha” moment to distributors and store shelves. Last month, Profit Magazine took a stab at unraveling this daunting process with a well written piece called the “Inventor’s Playbook”.  In the article they […]

Design 1st offers help to many innovators to commercialize their product ideas providing them everything they need from patent submissions to design, marketing and manufacturing specifications.  This approach allows them to control the business direction from licensing to full production and sales. With the increasing number of Canadian innovators and inventors, corporations are taking notice. A research paper led by MIT professor and author Eric von Hippel emphasizes this point stating: “Companies will have to help their own product developers look at consumer-developed innovations with new eyes – not just […]

Doctor are inventing successful new medical devices. Entrepreneurial doctors across North America are driving medical innovation forward across a variety of niches including cardiology, orthopedy, dentistry, pediatrics and DNA analysis. Explore 9 medical devices startups founded by doctors:

CBC Go Public 's Investigative Team Asked Design 1st For Expert Opinion   Design 1st President Kevin Bailey gave expert analysis on CBC Go Public's investigation of an inventor’s complaint that Tim Horton’s took their idea. CBC Go Public's Investigative Report Featuring Design 1st President Kevin Bailey (2:18min) Ahead of the interview with CBC Dragons' Den host Diane Buckner, Kevin ran an in-house experiment looking at how likely it would be for separate individuals to come up with similar product designs. The experiment gave three Design 1st product designers the challenge of […]

Watch Design 1st clients pitch their hardware product ideas on CBC's Dragons' Den Over the past several years, Design 1st has had multiple clients pitch their product ideas on Dragons' Den.  These products have included everything from pot light covers to fitness equipment, toddler monitors to ice cream makers, dog showers and humidifiers. Watch some of our favorite client appearances on Dragons' Den below: