How to Build and Scale
New Technology Products

How to make assumptions explicit and shared so that validation, market exploration, and strategy are easier By Chris Burgess You hear a lot about building products by solving problems. But what happens when the product already exists and you now need to validate it? This is the situation many companies find themselves in, especially those moving from projects to products.  Products are always built in response to a perceived problem, whether that problem has been made explici

I started with a clear goal. I wanted to interpret and summarise scattered data. I am not technical, so I set out to build an AI agent with no code. More than sixty hours later, with more than twenty seven nodes created and the need to start vibe coding, it became clear that it was anything but simple.

Startups in emerging technology often get stuck in custom delivery. Every client request feels like progress, but it leads to fragmented projects instead of a scalable product. This post explores how to build repeatable value through product led growth by understanding your audiences, finding patterns, validating them with evidence, and turning those insights into a story that scales.

Controllers or hand tracking? The XR industry treats it as a binary choice, but the future of XR interaction depends on combining both.

XR has huge potential, but many teams still lead with technology instead of user value. Chris Burgess shares how XR companies can build stronger products by focusing on the people who matter most, creating a product strategy that connects users, developers, and buyers for sustainable growth.

No-code tools will likely soon be automated by Gen AI. This shift will reduce need for coding skills & further emphasise the need for UX

The XR industry is struggling; investment is down & no one is making significant sales. Everyone is still trying to find product market fit.

As the product lead on developer tooling at Ultraleap, my mission was clear: great hand tracking that's intuitive as possible for developers