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GoBox: taking a portable studio to market.

Product management of an acquired hardware product: production timelines with Chinese manufacturers, pre-sale and Kickstarter campaign management, a lead funnel built for launch, and the path into the US market across product, packaging and fulfilment.

Product management Supply chain BOM · DFM Kickstarter · pre-sale
What

End-to-end product management of GoBox, a portable recording studio acquired as a working design, from production readiness through to US market entry: manufacturing, budget, campaign and sales pipeline under one timeline.

How

Supply side: standing correspondence with the Chinese parts manufacturer and the fabricator on production timelines, with the BOM and DFM files maintained as the single source of truth for what gets built, and budget held against the plan.

Demand side: pre-sale of GoBox units ahead of the production run, management of the Kickstarter campaign, and a lead-generation funnel, documented below, that qualifies interest into pre-orders. Market entry work covers the product itself, packaging and fulfilment for the US.

Results

The product is moving from working prototype toward its first production run, with manufacturing, campaign and funnel running to one maintained timeline. Pre-sale is live ahead of the run; production allocation follows it.

Product
GoBox · portable studio, acquired
Role
Product manager · market entry
Supply chain
Chinese parts manufacturer · fabricator
Artefacts
BOM · DFM files · budget · timeline
Market
United States · packaging · fulfilment
Lead funnel · pre-sale workflow
01 · Capture
Lead generation
Campaign and content traffic landed on the GoBox site; interest captured to the list.
02 · Qualify
Nurture & discovery
Leads worked by email and discovery calls; fit and intent qualified before any commitment.
03 · Commit
Pre-sale & Kickstarter
Qualified leads convert to pre-orders and campaign backers ahead of the production run.
04 · Build
Production allocation
Committed orders sized against the run; BOM, DFM and supplier timelines hold the schedule.
05 · Deliver
US fulfilment
Packaging and fulfilment into the US market close the loop from lead to delivered unit.
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