We inventors, entrepreneurs, and other idea-people are consistently told one thing by our wiser, more experienced elders: their must be a need for your product for it to be successful. Put simply into a common cliche, the elders are in one way saying “necessity is the mother of invention.”
However, in Guns, Germs, & Steel [...]
Archive for the ‘inventions’ Category
Is necessity the mother of invention?
May 18th, 2007
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Did we call it or what?
May 2nd, 2007
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For anyone that subscribes to Inventors Digest – which is a must read for any inventor – be sure to look at Doug Hall’s article. Doug Hall, one of the celebrity judges on the first season of ABC’s American Inventor spoke about his experience as being one of the judges. Unfortunately for participants [...]
Whoa! A toast to Stanford's Cool Product Expo
April 12th, 2007
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This week we stopped by Stanford’s Cool Product Expo 2007, and we must say . . .
Before we say anything, we’d like to mention how great it was to see this convention room full of all sorts of gizmos & gadgets. Most everything that was on display came from the minds and hearts of [...]
American Inventor Auditions
April 2nd, 2007
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After going to ABC’s American Inventor auditions in Los Angeles and San Francisco, we’d like to fill all you aspiring inventors out there with some juicy details.
First, we’d like to remind everyone that American Inventor is for entertainment only. So although you may have a marketable invention, that doesn’t matter. I met plenty [...]
Coming to a city near you
March 9th, 2007
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Next time you go out for lunch in your city, you might see us. That’s because during March we plan to hit up several big events around the country to celebrate the upcoming release of our redesigned website. We think it has the power to help so many people, that we don’t know [...]
The difficulty of inventing
February 6th, 2007
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It’s very clear to anyone who has made an invention, or has tried and lives to try again. We want to know, how can we use the full power of the internet to help inventors? We need to hear your voices, help us help you.
We’re only a couple weeks away from releasing our [...]
Venturing into the unknown
September 26th, 2006
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For those who don’t know what I’m up to, look at my website www.ideatango.com and you’ll find out where I’ve been spending my time. I’m creating an online idea exchange where persons who have ideas for products or services can confidentially post their ideas. On the other end we’ll have investors, entrepreneurs, small businesses, manufacturers, [...]
