HULLINGER+PROBST™
Brian Hullinger Probst is a serial entrepreneur with a background in consumer electronics and consumer goods. He has founded multiple businesses and holds over 35 patents for his product designs and inventions. Brian's work and businesses have received recognition and media coverage, including features in publications like Wired, Forbes, Wall Street Journal, and books such as "Crowdfund Investing For Dummies" and "iPad Secrets." He has also contributed to academia as an adjunct professor at Brigham Young University, teaching courses on career preparation and corporate branding. Brian earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Graphic Design from Brigham Young University.
Facture™, one of Brian's ventures, specializes in collaborating with top manufacturers in China to jointly develop new brands targeting western markets. Their products have gained widespread attention and have been featured in various prominent publications, including Forbes, Wired, WSJ, Yahoo, PC World, and MacWorld, as well as in books like "Crowdfund Investing for Dummies" and "iPad Secrets." Facture has also worked with well-known brands like Blackberry (NASDAQ BBRY) to design and develop Original Design Manufacturing (ODM) and Original Equipment Manufacturing (OEM) products.
Facture™ operates in a landscape where eastern manufacturers in China are increasingly capable of producing high-quality products that rival or surpass those designed by western companies. This shift in the competitive landscape has seen the emergence and expansion of eastern tech giants like Samsung, Xiaomi, and Huawei, while the markets of western companies like Apple and GoPro have matured and contracted.
Hullinger+Probst capitalizes on these changing market dynamics by partnering with eastern manufacturers that excel in product development, engineering, and manufacturing. They help these manufacturers enter the western market directly, contributing to the growth of co-owned brands that benefit from the capabilities of their Chinese partners. Hullinger+Probst sees itself as a pioneer in this evolving trend in international business, leveraging the strengths of eastern manufacturers to compete effectively in the western marketplace.
Press & Accolades
• EPIC Ventures Hot 100 Award - (2016)
• Consumer Electronics Show - Best of Show - (2015)
• EPIC Ventures Hot 100 Award - (2015)
• Tech-X Exit of the Year - (2014)
• Tech-X Top 25 Under 5 - (2014)
• Tech-X Top 10 Awards - (2013)
• Tech-X Top 25 Under 5 - (2013)
• Book Feature / Crowdfund Investing for Dummies - (2013)
• AIGA Award of Merit - (2012)
• Book Feature / iPad Secrets - (2013)
