Skype interview with Weerol inventor Derek Perkins.

Today March 27 2013, my class will be talking to the Weerol inventor Derek Perkins. He told us about how he came up with the Weerol concept and design. He told us all the steps he had to take to get the product he desired. he also let us know about the struggles he had with coming up with the final idea.

He made many prototypes to get to the final one. Above you see the many variations of the Weerol.

He had to consider cost, safety, manufacturability, practicality and is it fun.

When he was brainstorming he had to sketch, prototype and test. When he found an idea he would then have to source suppliers, get quotes, purchase tools, order samples and test the samples then modify/repeat. Kickstarter helped derek get feedback, exposure, concept validation pre order sales.