Global Excellence 2020

24 Acquisition International - Global Excellence 2020 Acquisition International - Issue 1 2021 135 Jul20483 Company: Mako Design + Invent Web Address: www.makodesign.com ounded in 1999, Mako Design + Invent is one of North America’s first and premier firms for taking start-up and small business consumer products from sketches on napkins, through to store shelves. Since their inception, the firm have been game changers for developing successful quality products. Today, Mako Design + Invent offers a vast selection of in-house services for their clients ranging from Product Strategy, Industrial Design, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Prototyping, Patent Referrals and Manufacturing Management to name but a few. The 30-person team is spread across the four office locations and works on over an impressive 150 various projects each year. Working closely with inventors, product developers and enterprise clients, Mako Design + Invent’s experts support their partners in moving from concept to design, prototype to patents, then manufacturing to market. The firm’s team of product professionals pride themselves on establishing long- term partnerships with home inventors, commercial product developers & manufacturers, universities, patent attorneys, distributors, wholesalers, retailers, web developers, media outlets and so many more. Supporting the firm with their start-up inventor clients, Mako Design + Invent also have a subsidiary branch called MAKO Invent which, in addition to serving both established companies and early-stage invention start-ups, helps start- ups with patenting, strategy, marketing and sales/distribution for all consumer product categories. To-date, the Mako Design + Invent team are proud of various products it has taken from the early stages of invention concept through to mass market success across North America. Looking ahead to what the future holds for the firm, the team at Mako Design + Invent will continue its commitment into becoming the hub for world class excellence in innovation and invention entrepreneurships through its campus, inventor and enterprise product development programs. Overall, the Mako Design + Invent team will continue to showcase their extraordinary service and why they were righteously awarded the accolade Best Full-Service Product Design & Development Firm 2020. F Helping to transform small business ideas into physical products, Mako Design + Invent is an award-winning business who have accumulated 20 industry/academic/incubator partners, worked on more than 1,000 products and has four offices located in Austin, Miami, San Francisco and Toronto. Following their most recent success in Acquisition International’s Global Excellence Awards, we decided to take a closer look at Mako Design + Invent to find out more about how they established a reputation for being one of the best full-service product design and development firms in the industry today. Fanatic About Product Design To-date, the Mako Design + Invent team are proud of various products it has taken from the early stages of invention concept through to mass market success across North America. Best Full-Service Product Design & Development Firm - 2020