April 2022: Making BBQ better

GE's FirstBuild is taking innovation to new heights with their new indoor smoker - check it out! ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Spotted in the wild:

FirstBuild’s Arden Indoor Pellet Smoker and Indiegogo

Thanks toDavid Brand, the brilliant author of Testing Business Ideas , for spotting this and sharing it on Twitter.

FirstBuild , owned by GE Appliances (a Haier company), is testing demand for an indoor BBQ smoker using I ndiegogo . It is a YouTube pretotype, best used for products that are complex or a big investment to bring to market. In this case, they have built something, but I suspect the video and results are simulated to test product demand — a perfectly valid strategy.

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What’s working well? What could be better?

The branding on this is not prominent, and I like that. Too often, we believe that branding is our competitive advantage when testing products. It’s not — it just helps you scale. What they’re testing here is problem-solution fit, asking: a) does anyone care? And b) are we solving a problem well enough for anyone to show interestin our product?

What are the takeaways?

• If you have a complex product or service idea, the YouTube pretotype is an effective way to simulate the end product and test demand from customers.

• Start small — you probably don’t have a GE sized budget, so place the pretotype in a channel that makes sense. Ask yourself: where would your potential early adopters be looking for a solution to the problem you’re solving? Go there.
• Don’t ask for money immediately. You’ll notice in this pretotype they don’t give an indication of price. For starters, get emails.

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One thing Lastly, here's a great quote from James Clear to take you into the week ahead.

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