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In a recent Lab to Startup podcast episode, “PCDworks: Hardtech Base Camp Incubator for Building Hardware Products,” PCDworks’ co-founders Donna Rainone and Mike Rainone, dove into the history and future of the compan...

Parched for Progress: Confronting the Innovation Drought

In 2013, we hired Berry Irrigation to install a watering system for our landscaping on the PCDworks campus. Brett Berry, the owner, had to dig a trench from the water supply to the building to install the flow sensor....

If you want to develop a successful product, one person’s opinion matters more than any other’s. The customer. To develop a product that not only works but also sells, you need a product customers want.

In 2006, the US Marine Corps posed a problem that we thought was important. When moving cargo between warships and shore, their load and unload times were too long, putting the crews at risk. They wanted us to help fi...

One of the most valuable lessons I’ve learned about innovation came from a group of college kids.

On July 14th, PCDworks co-founders Donna Rainone and Mike Rainone hosted the inaugural event to launch an organizational effort for a regional innovation partnership. More than 30 guests holding positions in higher ed...

You’ve identified a problem that needs to be solved, and you’ve brainstormed potential solutions, narrowing them down to one that seems promising.

What do NASA, a hydraulic fracturing company, and a steel fabricator have in common?

In the early 1900s, Thomas Edison and his researchers were trying to develop a new kind of battery. They had been working on the problem for more than five months when Edison’s long-time associate Walter S. Mallory ca...

There’s a big difference between a prototype and a product. To be considered successful, a prototype simply needs to work. A product, on the other hand, must make a profit, which means it must be optimized.

At PCDworks, we love to nerd out over how our brains work, for obvious reasons. Simply put, without the brain, there's no innovation. The deeper our understanding of our mental processes, the more efficiently we can h...