New Business Strategy: Commercializing Your Own Products

Why shouldn't ad agencies or design firms launch their own brands?
by Todd Knutson  |   published on July 17, 2009

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In a recent post I mention the opportunity to partner with upstart technology companies as a new business play. This month's Fast Company article titled "Selling Soap. Literally" shows how

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Interesting post. I’ve been trying to get my own ‘product’ off the ground since January. It’s tough, especially for a one-woman shop and the economy in such miserable condition. Putting the money at potential risk is quite simply risky.

At this point in my career I’d really like to achieve a more balance revenue model w/ billable hours, company products and teaching/coaching. Prestigious firms like Behance, IDEO, Coudal and a few others are revered in the creative community, not only for their creativity, but also for their ability to communicate to a wide audience.

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The biggest vulnerability of not commercializing research is that the “product” will not be ready to produce in production quantities in production environments and this will result in delays, during which many resources will be wasted fighting fires and implementing change orders, which Toyota says, “always compromise both product and process integrity” (this is a warning to scientists and managers who are only concerned about functionality, which itself can be compromised by poor manufacturability).

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When Coca-Cola acquired Vitaminwater for $4.1 billion in 2007, it wasn’t for the breakthrough electrolyte-drink technology. It paid for breakthrough marketing, and that epiphany rippled through Adland. Why shouldn’t agencies launch their own brands rather than solely focus on other people’s prodcts? Consultancy PSFK recently invited Fast Company writer Danielle Sacks to moderate a panel featuring four creative chiefs running what PSFK calls New Idea Agencies.

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