After reading the popular post today about people's side projects, I'm thinking about my current "great idea!". While I'm convinced that my idea would be successful, I lack the expertise of manufacturing and business necessary to do this alone.
Q1: For those of us not living in startup hotspots, how do you find partners and experts to work with?
Q2: How do you prevent the expert/partner from taking your idea and building it themselves, without you?
In my case, I need to manufacture something where the dimensional details will vary for every unit. 3D printing could be the solution, or perhaps there's a good way to modularize and use modern manufacturing to assemble premade components to result in the same custom solution.
There are probably many possibilities, many of which would not be suitable or economical; but that knowledge is beyond me, so I need help!
Q1: For those of us not living in startup hotspots, how do you find partners and experts to work with?
Q2: How do you prevent the expert/partner from taking your idea and building it themselves, without you?
In my case, I need to manufacture something where the dimensional details will vary for every unit. 3D printing could be the solution, or perhaps there's a good way to modularize and use modern manufacturing to assemble premade components to result in the same custom solution.
There are probably many possibilities, many of which would not be suitable or economical; but that knowledge is beyond me, so I need help!