Summer 2019 Photos and Videos
This summer was mostly consumed with our new Vizsla puppy, Zooka. [...]
Pemmican Food Startup – Start here for an overview of this project
I've had for some time the idea to create a consumer brand for pemmican products and want to try bring this idea to reality. I am starting with almost a clean sheet, with only some ideas for the business and some rudimentary product formulations that I have slowly been playing with for a while. The [...]
How has your brand used consumer insights to inspire product innovation?
This is a Quora question I was asked and my answer is as follows. I think to use consumer insights to inspire product innovation you need to setup a process for identifying consumer insights relative to your product(s) and brand. From a high level perspective, I look at three areas to obtain research and insights. [...]
How much of a role does the packaging of a product play in its sales?
This is a Quora question I was asked to answer. My answer is as follows. From a functional perspective, yes. But that I think everyone knows that. If you are talking about protecting the product such that when the user opens the packaging, it is what they expect, of course your packaging is important. But [...]
Zooka’s first walk around the farm included an off-lead recall in slow motion
This is Zooka's first walk around the farm after we brought him home from the breeder in North Carolina. This clips includes slow motion video to capture his movement. I also love the Colorado sun, sky and clouds for more background and contrast.
How much influence do places like Walmart, Costco, and Kroger have over package size of consumer products?
This is a Quora question I was asked to answer. My response is as follows. Quite a bit for smaller vendors, which is what I know. Probably less with larger vendors. But it also depends on how much the retailer wants the vendor’s products and what gets negotiated in the vendor agreement. And the influence [...]
What’s your concept of how retail stores could prosper moving forward?
This is a Quora question about how retail stores could prosper that I was asked. My answer is as follows. I think it comes down to four areas. Exclusivity You are the only retail location that sells a product that consumers want. I think the product category that best fits this would be art. In [...]
What is the mechanism behind supermarkets’ special offers?
This is a Quora question about the mechanism behind supermarkets’ special offers I was asked and my answer is as follows. Retailer category managers have run discounts, coupons and special offers to help temporarily drive up sales and increase traffic to their store section. They use them to promote new products or to reward existing [...]
What is a good marketing start to sell goods in a luxury segment?
This is a Quora question to sell goods in a luxury segment I was asked to answer. My answer is as follows. Are you selling your own products that you created and own to consumers, or are you reselling other luxury products via a wholesale basis? I think the answer depends on which avenue you [...]