Need help with a design project? Whether you are a new inventor or an established manufacturer, Enable Innovation can help you make your ideas a reality! In today’s episode, we have Ryan Pagnacco, founder and CEO of Enable Innovation, which provides prototype, product design & manufacturing consulting & services. Ryan founded Enable Innovation to address the engineering and product development needs of the technology start-up community in the Waterloo Region and alleviate the struggles of SME manufacturing community across Canada. Ready to find out more? Tune in to this episode and learn how you can succeed and grow your ideas and company.
Standout Quotes:
· “I don't think anything is too small. Little ideas sometimes turn into really big ones.”
· “Before we dive into anything, we do this analysis, and we build them an entire plan to go from a napkin sketch to a final product that's being manufactured.”
· “It's incredible around here, how much manufacturing there is, except people don't even know about that.”
· “We like to produce things that are quality. Our processes are documented very heavily, so the quality aspect always has to be there.”
· “The more complex the project is, the higher the cost can get.”
Key Takeaways:
· Enable Innovation is a mechanical engineering firm. They also focus on product development, specifically for manufacturing in Canada.
· Enable Innovated has a broad range of types of products. They have created consumer products, safety equipment, fixturing, tools for manufacturing, and even firearms.
· Enable Innovation has been in the business for two years.
· Enable Innovation’s first step in the analysis stage is to look at what’s in the market and let their clients know if similar products exist. And they do a minimal patent search.
· Cambridge has an incredible mountain of resources that can produce anything from wood, plastic, metal to exotic materials and insane processes and designs.
Episode Timeline:
[01:32] What is Enable Innovation and the services it offers?
[03:25] What are the types of products created by Enable Innovation?
[04:07] What are the types of companies they are dealing with?
[04:32] Success story of a client
[08:57] First Step of Analysis Stage: Patent Search
[10:45] The teams involved working on the entire process
[11:44] Where are prototypes created?
[14:39] Background of Ryan Pagnacco
[18:28] How long does the process typically take from an idea to the market and how much is the cost involved?
[23:17] The cheapest and the most expensive project they have worked on; Connections to venture capital
Website: https://www.enableinnovation.ca/
Email: info@enableinnovation.ca
Phone: 1-226-666-0255
