LUANNE PUETT, PRESIDENT OF MAKERSMODEL.COM
Honesty, integrity, transparnecy. Lu Anne Puett attended FAU and finished her studies in corporate management and marketing. She has owned a product research and development company, started her own marketing consulting company to help other inventors in 1995, and has worked with clients taking idea to retailer, big-wigs like Target, Walmart, QVC, HSN, Lowes, Winn Dixie, 7-Eleven, Zappos, Bed and Bath, and many more.
She has licensed products from automotive to health and beauty, from drive trains to scoring a max value in a $4.1 million down payment, $27 million dollar pantyhose licensing deal. Working with companies manufacturing products both domestically and abroad, Lu Anne knows what it means to efficiently prove concept and tee up full scale production.
Lu Anne’s greatest gift is her ability to evaluate a product while reducing risk. This allows an inventor or company to take a product from concept to retail for minimum investment. But her greatest passion is helping inventors and entrepreneurs, her strong ambitions surpassed only by her sincerity. She currently is a mentor at the Nashville Entrepreneur Center, speaks regularly, and has authored the book The Art of Dreaming Big.
Other successful products/deals: Kuviez Sheets into JCPenny, Bed, Bath, and Beyond and more, tool to Snap On, baby bottle with removalbe pacifier, alarmed handcuff, and a gas cap. As well as Pair Me launching in childrens’ stores and Zappos, and a window solution launching in auto parts stores.Part 1:
