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Concept to Market in One Year with Allen Walton of SpyGuy.com [Part 1]

Predictable Designs Podcast · 17 Feb 2020 · 1h 02m · Episode 7

What this episode covers

Allen Walton, founder of SpyGuy.com, explains how he leveraged his existing e-commerce surveillance store to validate and launch the Scout, a hidden camera detector, in approximately one year. He details his strategy of using customer feedback from his retail business to identify a market gap for a simple, affordable lens-based detector rather than a complex RF device. Walton discusses the challenges of being a non-engineer, including high development costs and the difficulty of finding reliable manufacturing partners, and how he mitigated these by focusing on industrial design and brand strength. He also shares insights on marketing the Scout, specifically the difficulties of targeting spy gear on Facebook and the importance of pricing strategies and understanding customer misconceptions about 'wireless' technology.

Most relevant to

early-stage companies

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
SpyGuy.com, Connective, Common Thread Agency
Products
Scout
Also
Tim Ferriss, Airbnb, Hardware Academy

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