The story of how we got started
Developing an idea can be a puzzling experience. And I learned this firsthand, the hard way...
Like most inventors, I had a number of ideas for innovative new products and actually began to develop one of them many years ago. After spending significant time and capital trying to bring my idea to life, a major corporation beat me to the market with the same idea. The reason I lost out was because I had no experience in new product development at that time, and the corporation that beat me to the market did.
While working on my idea, I consulted with a number of independent patent attorneys, marketing firms, industrial design and prototype firms. Each one helped to develop various segments of my idea. But they all worked independently in their own limited areas of expertise-not as a unified team working toward a common goal.
It became obvious to me that an inexperienced inventor was at a serious disadvantage in competing with corporate America. It was also clear to me that inventors like myself needed a company to assist them in all the areas necessary to...
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