🚀If you've ever thought, "I wish someone would invent that," this episode is for you.
Meet Shon Harker, the CEO of Stroops and the mind behind more than 1,000 fitness and rehab products used by PTs, pro athletes, NASA, and beyond. From designing for Rogue Fitness to solving real clinical problems with rapid prototyping, Shon breaks down how ideas become tools — fast.
🔑 Topics include:
Taking a product from napkin sketch to mass production
Inventing with physical therapists in mind
The truth about manufacturing, marketing, and protecting your idea
How to team up with Stroops to bring your idea to life
📌 Chapters:
00:00 - Intro to Shon Harker & Stroops
04:31 - How one bad elastic band led to a product empire
09:10 - Solving real PT problems with rapid prototyping
13:55 - What PTs get wrong about inventing
19:20 - How a single gym order led to 40,000 units
25:00 - Joint ventures, legal drama, and copying in China
30:30 - Inventing the flat motorless treadmill
36:00 - Gait rehab with reactive resistance
41:45 - Rewiring the nervous system through walking
46:00 - Why most great ideas never get sold
53:00 - How to pitch your idea to Stroops
58:00 - The story behind the treadmill cage system
01:02:00 - Final advice for clinicians with product ideas
💬 Have an idea? Reach out to Shon at: shon@stroops.com
🌐 Learn more: https://stroops.com
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