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We are dependent on patents, which makes us keep an eye on the patent world. Here are four key finding from our most recent research There has recently been some debate about patents on the Danish startup scene – are patents good or bad for innovation? It’s no secret that we’re pro patents, as we […]

We recently needed to make two big and feature heavy mockups, and as they needed to be sturdy as well, we had to find a new system to create the mockups We just posted a piece on why scale models are a good idea, and when the models are done and the pool of concepts

Small versions of our ideas is a great way to choose the right concept In the process from idea to product, we often spend hours building scale models. At first glance it might seem a bit silly and Lego-ish, but there’s method in the madness. The small models give us a spatial understanding of the

The urge to start making a product or solution can be hard to resist, but ideally the first step should always be to make sure the product isn’t already made and patented. For that reason we’ll share the “Prior Art Search For Dummies” we use ourselves, when we want to check if we have freedom

With Slope System we’ve solved a fixed problem in a niche market by focusing on safety, ergonomics and durability For decades roofers have been carrying rolls with 40 kg of tar paper up and down roofs on a ladder – a strenuous and relatively hazardous job. This issue is what our new tool Slope System

Without a grant from the public foundation “Forebyggelsesfonden”, our SmartMover wouldn’t have been helping out 400 workers everyday. Now the foundation has closed, and we’re super sad to see it go Since our humble beginning in 2010 we’ve received multiple grants from the public foundation Forebyggelsesfonden to develop some of our tools. The foundation started

Some accuse patents of opposing innovation and entrepreneurship. Others think every startup should remember to apply for patents. We have been getting patents for our inventions ever since we founded the company, and in this post we will explain why. Patents seems to be a subject that’s always up for debate. Recently Vice Chairman from

A last-minute partnership with Posturite changed our manufacturing process a great deal. We felt confident that everyone would win on the partnership, but the aftermatch of the decision turned out to be a pretty good example on how not to communicate with backers after the campaign. In the last days of our campaign we were

Here is a simple tip to improve the idea flow: A wooden box that will store light-bulb moments for later. Before our projects become Research & Development and Intellectual Property it begins with an idea. Getting ideas is an essential part of our job, and in order to prompt the creative flow and help ourselves

After years of tweaking Scrum for our processes, here’s our thought on what Scrum does to the products we develop We’ve been talking about why we wanted another framework than Waterfall and ended up with Scrum, and we’ve giving some insights on how we’ve tweaked Scrum for physical inventing and applied it to our everyday