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The consulting hour

60 minutes. One clear next step.

You bring the idea. I bring 15 years of turning ideas into manufactured products. We leave with a plan you can act on.

LD

Liam Dewhurst15 years · Hamilton, NZ

What you get

Six things you walk away with.

Not a sales pitch. Not a Zoom call that ends with “great chat.” Concrete answers tied to your product.

  1. 01 / 06

    Manufacturing feasibility

    Which processes suit your product

    What's realistic for your volume. Where the cost traps are. Whether your design even wants to be made the way you're imagining — and the cheaper, faster alternative if it doesn't.

  2. 02 / 06

    Cost reality check

    Approximate unit cost & tooling

    Numbers you can actually quote against. Where your BOM can be tightened before you commit a cent to tooling. Tooling investment ranges and what drives them up.

  3. 03 / 06

    A clear roadmap

    What to do next, in what order

    No vague 'further research needed.' Actual steps — who to talk to, what to validate, what to prototype, what to defer. The pipeline from where you are now to first production run.

  4. 04 / 06

    Annotated brief review

    Manufacturing context on your brief

    If you've run the free tool, bring the PDF. I'll mark it up with manufacturing context — material flags, tolerance traps, supplier introductions, and the questions a quoter is going to ask you first.

  5. 05 / 06

    Straight talk

    Honest opinion on your idea

    If the idea needs rethinking, I'll say so and tell you why. If it's solid, I'll tell you why. No padding, no diplomacy, no "that's a great question." The whole point of paying for an hour is the candour.

  6. 06 / 06

    Follow-up summary

    Written notes you can act on

    After the session you get written notes with action items — not another meeting, a document. Decisions made, contacts shared, links to specs and suppliers we covered.

Ready to book?

60 minutes, video call, $199 NZD. Confirmation and prep questions sent after booking.

Can't find a time that works? Email me and we'll sort it out.