Conquering the product certification hurdles: Understanding FCC, and product testing and how to design to get a PASS
Come learn from a panel of experts about product requirements including FCC Part 15 class B, something virtually all electronic products sold in the US must comply with, and mechanical and environmental testing. Topics may include HALT, shock, vibration, salt spray, radiated and conducted emissions (EMI/EMC), ESD and best design practices. Panelists will include representatives from your local Longmont labs, NTS and Element and design engineers from Boulder Engineering Studio. Whether your already working on a product or thinking about starting, this panel is a must.
Jobs-to-be-Done (JTBD) is powerful new market research framework that is gaining ground across various startup communities in the US. Companies like 37Signals and Intercom are using JTBD to heavily influence their product and marketing efforts with great success. Clay Christensen, Harvard professor who coined the term "disruptive innovation", just released a new book about JTBD called "Competing Against Luck".
How:
In this workshop, we will present an overview of the JTBD framework, the main tools (forces diagram & timeline) and then conduct a JTBD interview with an audience participant to show you how it's done.
Brian Rhea (Product Lead at Binocs) and Jason Hall (COO at Binocs) have been actively practicing the JTBD framework for several years and have been implementing a number of the findings across various companies.
Audience participation:
Please come with a recent purchase in-mind. It should be something that you've bought fairly recently (less than 3 or 4 months ago), and something that you haven't bought before.
Continuing the Transition Towards a Distributed Energy System. What will it take to get there? From philosophical to technical to practical application, our panelists will discuss the current state of the market, policy hurdles, complex modeling systems, funding challenges and more. Which markets are seeing more growth – microgrids or larger grids? Domestic or international? Will grid defection in communities drive policy change? How do modeling systems inform decision-making? Are VC’s investing in grid technologies? What opportunities are there for innovation and entrepreneurship?