Several years ago a bunch of hockey players started coming together every Sunday morning for a friendly game. When word got out that we were doing this some of our friends, both players and non-hockey playing, started calling some of us Hockey Heathens.
And since we are really a diverse group who have a wide range of interests there is a whole lot of chirping going on, not all of it related to what is happening on the ice. This has resulted in a number of entertaining ideas, coming from both bench and locker room discussions about what everyone wants.
Since this is an early morning skate, everyone is hungry afterward. People started bringing food to eat afterward. Some immediately went to local restaurants, a few even skipped the shower. Then one started cooking. Then these became a long series of unique quiche dishes. This became one of the first product ideas, a cookbook. After a lot of procrastination and digging deep into our memories, the first cookbook was finally completed. This is our first product and is featured here.
The next idea that came out of this group was a from complaints about how expensive good phone stands were for just about all cell phones. Most of us use our phones for alarm clocks to make sure we don’t miss the skate. Then when the iPhone 5 came out and there was no dock available the wheels started turning. After 4 months of development the Puck Stand was finally ready for production. The Puck Stand started out focused on just iPhones and evolved to be a stand for anything that is less than one half inch thick.
So that’s where we are today, but we’re still working on more ideas yet to come so stay tuned…