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== Challenges in Manufacturing and Product Development ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' Well, we've discussed it. Like we've discussed it. We've tried to level set expectations. Like this stuff is hard. Like manufacturing is hard, right? Yeah, my best business tip to anyone who's just listened to all of this is don't start your own printing business. Like that's the best advice I can give anyone. It's a nightmare. So it's great that you, and then my second biggest advice, because I get this question in emails a lot and we can wrap it here after this and tell everyone how to email me. If you want to email me, Brad, I have this notebook idea. Where's the best place I should get it printed? It's the place you can walk to or drive to. Like I can't, there is no printer. Like that you can use across halfway across the country and be happy with the results. You have to physically go into that facility, explain your ideas and work with them in a long, drawn out, confusing process to get made what you want to made. That's how we did it at Nock. That's how Myke has done it with this product. And it is the best way to get anything you want made like that. So there you go.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Our journals were made in Poland and it was very expensive because I had to keep paying for them to make me one-offs and they were like a couple of hundred dollars per one-off. Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It's like a couple. Yeah. Like if you want one notebook, it's going to cost you probably between like two and $500.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Because, you know, I could explain a thing and then I'll be like, well, they say, yeah, that's no problem. But I was like, I need to see that you understand it. Make me one. You know, and it was so expensive, which is like not a thing that I had to do. Because when I was going down to F.E. Berman, they would have it and I'd be like, what if we did it like this? And then they could show me. Yep. You know, like I had a way that I wanted to do the binding and they made a version for me and showed me that like it won't stay together if you do it this way. And then they were able to show me like other books that they'd made with this specific type of glue binding and it worked perfectly. They were like, you know, they had this big, thick book and they were holding it up by just one page of the book and it didn't separate. Oh, yeah. And I was like, yeah, that's what I want. So like that was the experience I was able to have here and it was a joy. And, you know, I'm so happy with our new partners here and I'm so proud of this product. Like, again, if you ever want to take notes while you're at your desk, if you ever want to take notes while you're in a meeting, Psychic Notepad is made for you. So go check it out at cortexmerch.com.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' All right. I think that's a wrap this week, buddy. We got a lot of STPA to get to next week. I already have new topics I want to discuss next week. So we are rolling. We're rolling in it right now. So I love stationery, Myke. I love stationery. Let's keep talking about it.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Thank you for giving me the time to talk about this today.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Absolutely. I'm glad we could. It's been a while.

'''Myke Hurley:''' If you want to find Brad's work online, go to penaddict.com and you can go to spokedesign.com. Congratulations on your four years of being in business together.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Crazy, right? Yeah, I can't believe that. It's cool stuff. Like, you know, we talk about making stuff that makes you smile and that you want to use personally. Like Myke just went through all this with a sidekick. Yeah, it's that kind of feeling I get when I pick up any spoke pen. Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Brad streams multiple times a week over at twitch.tv slash penaddict. He's penaddict on Instagram. Brad on micro.blog. You can find me. I'm at imike, I-M-Y-K-E on Instagram. Go check out the Cortex brand Instagram too. I'm trying to do more with it there. Oh, cool. And I'd be interested to know what people think. So that's at Cortex brand. You can go to cortexmerch.com where you can check out psychic notepad, themes, list and journal, stuff like that. Thanks to Pen Chalet and Squarespace for the support of this week's episode. But most of all, thank you for listening. I hope you've enjoyed today's episode. I've had a blast making it too. We'll be back next time. Until then, say goodbye, Brad.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Goodbye, Brad. Bye.

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