#158: From Ideation to Shipping with Justin Seidenfeld of Doris Dev

Hosted by Santosh Sankar on April 19, 2023

Summary

During this episode, Santosh is joined by Justin Seidenfeld, Co-Founder and CEO of Doris Dev, a company dedicated to turning innovative ideas into successful consumer products. In this episode, Santosh and Justin discuss the process of bringing a product from ideation to shipping, the challenges of nearshoring or onshoring manufacturing, introducing Doris Dev’s Canopy product, and more.

Show Notes

Highlights from their conversation include:

What is Doris Dev? (1:26)
Justin’s background in supply chain (2:39)
From ideation to shipping (11:35)
The nearshoring push (16:09)
Investing in quality control (21:38)
Introducing Canopy (22:54)
Advice for supply chain founders (26:07)
Rapid fire questions to wrap up (27:42)

Dynamo is a VC firm led by supply chain and mobility specialists that focus on seed-stage, enterprise startups.

Find out more at: https://www.dynamo.vc/.

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