Recently there were 5,000 broken eggs in inventor David Fussell’s Flagler Beach home. The proofing run of his new Pregegg™, a nine-month countdown timer for expectant mothers, had a flaw caused by the last minute change of a supplier of a small electronic part. The solution? Carefully open the packaging, remove and disassemble the egg,…
David Fussell can’t sit still. Lean and organized, armed with a sleek laptop and a quietly-buzzing cell phone, he’s drumming his fingers on the tabletop and nodding his head – engaged, friendly, pleasant…but a little restless. You get the sense, while talking with him, that there are multiple departments at work in his brain at…
Cindy Stephens got her “formal” introduction into product development during college. “My dad would have me typing business plans for new products during spring break,” she says with a laugh. “That was the first time I really understood what he was doing and I was fascinated by it.” Fifteen years ago Cindy’s father, David Fussell,…