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WEIXUN H

- Research Program Mentor

MBA candidate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Expertise

entrepreneurship (finding product market fit, primary market research, 24 steps), hardware product development (teardown, MVP, manufacturing), storytelling (portfolio, resume, linkedin)

Bio

Hey, I'm Wei. I work as a product development engineer now where I design consumer products, figure out how to make 50,000+ units, and bring them to market so you can buy them at Walmart. Most recently before this role, I worked at two startups, traveled to over a dozen countries, and graduated from MIT in 2019. At school, I studied Mechanical Engineering, Design, and Entrepreneurship. I love spending time at this intersection. I was originally born in China and immigrated to US when I was 10. In my free time, I enjoy mentoring young people, cooking, exercising, reading, and most recently, driving. If you have any questions about product development, startups, college, career... feel free to reach out.

Project ideas

Project ideas are meant to help inspire student thinking about their own project. Students are in the driver seat of their research and are free to use any or none of the ideas shared by their mentors.

Validate your startup idea in 10 days

Do you want to start a company? Whether you have an idea or not, you can improve your odds by understanding the entrepreneurship process. Having taken key startup classes at MIT and worked at several diverse startups, I can work with you to help you validate your startup idea in 10 days. Together, we will identify your customer, brainstorm solutions, map channels, design a business model, build a MVP, and figure out how to scale your business. By the end, you should feel comfortable to pursue any future ventures.

Design a product from concept to physical prototype in 10 days

Do you also get excited when you hold a physical product in your hand? Same here. This is what motivated me to study Mechanical Engineering at MIT and work as a product development engineer now. I love product development and want to help you design your own product. In 10 days, we can empathize with the end user, define the problem, ideate solutions, build prototypes, test, and iterate on the design process depending on our learnings. By the end, you will understand what it takes to design a physical product.

Coding skills

CAD (CREO/Onshape/Solidworks)

Languages I know

chinese

Teaching experience

I have taught a product design course to a classroom of 20 in a high school in Germany. I have mentored 20+ high school students 1on1 to help them with the college application process. I have mentored 100+ college students to offer career guidance and technical support.

Credentials

Work experience

Helen of Troy (2019 - 2022)
Product Development Enginer
Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship (2018 - Current)
Product Development Mentor
SirMixABot (2019 - 2019)
Product Design Enginer
Bevi (2022 - Current)
Product Development Engineer

Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
BS Bachelor of Science (2019)
Mechanical Enginering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MBA Master of Business Administration candidate
Business

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