Practical notes written by the instructors. Each article links to the course where you practise it with your own hands.
AI genuinely helps a cosmetic brand in four jobs: reading trends, developing concepts, producing content, and analysing customers. Two things it must never decide alone: regulated claims and the formula.
Most formulas cannot and should not be patented, but a brand name must be registered before you sell. The four IP tools, what each protects, and how a small brand decides what is worth filing.
Three main public funding routes serve different needs: PMUC for research toward commercialisation, NIA for innovation and startups, BOI for tax incentives. Which fits your project and how to prepare.
A first batch that is too large is how new brands sink their capital. Contribution margin per unit, break-even per batch, and how to weigh a factory's minimum order against what you can sell before expiry.
Most new brands copy a competitor's price and hope for margin. Reverse it: list fixed and variable costs completely, allow for what each channel takes, then price backwards from the profit you need.