# 119: Anti Alton Brown Corollary

- Show: [Thoroughly Considered](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/thoroughly-considered)
- Published: 2024-12-12
- Length: 58m
- Episode: 119
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/thoroughly-considered/2024-12-12-119-anti-alton-brown-corollary
- Listen: http://relay.fm/tc/119

## Summary

Tom Gerhardt and Dan Provost of Studio Neat discuss their Black Friday sales performance and the strategic decision to avoid heavy discounting. They explore using Gravity Sketch VR for industrial design, contrasting its intuitive, full-scale sculpting workflow with traditional constrained CAD. Finally, they offer baby product recommendations for host Myke Hurley, emphasizing high-quality essentials like strollers and carriers over complex multi-function gadgets.

## Chapters

- [0:07](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/thoroughly-considered/2024-12-12-119-anti-alton-brown-corollary#t=7) Black Friday Sales and Inventory Strategy
- [11:14](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/thoroughly-considered/2024-12-12-119-anti-alton-brown-corollary#t=674) VR Design with Gravity Sketch
- [24:26](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/thoroughly-considered/2024-12-12-119-anti-alton-brown-corollary#t=1466) Future of Design and Additive Manufacturing
- [37:14](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/thoroughly-considered/2024-12-12-119-anti-alton-brown-corollary#t=2234) Baby Product Recommendations

## Topics

- [Industrial & consumer product design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/industrial-design)
- [Pricing, margins & unit economics](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/pricing-and-unit-economics)
- [Prototyping & iteration](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/prototyping)
- [Marketing & brand](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/marketing-and-brand)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Studio Neat (company)
- Gravity Sketch (tool)
- Meta Quest (tool)
- ZBrush (tool)
- Blender (tool)
- Apple Vision Pro (tool)
- The Verge (company)
- Strava (company)
- Abu Baby (product)
- Stokke Tripp Trapp (product)
- Boppy (product)
- Ergobaby (product)
- Owlet (product)
- Nana (product)
- VTech (company)
- Anchor (company)

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