Have you ever had an idea for an invention? Many people have. Unfortunately, most people have also been overwhelmed by all the work between the moment of inspiration & a commercial product. As Thomas Edison put it, "Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety nine percent perspiration."
What to do? Kickstarter is one solution. It provides exposure for inventors & developers, who have progressed their idea to the prototype stage, & require assistance in accessing funding for some combination of final development, production & marketing. Kickstarter has done some truly wonderful things, not only in the area of devices, but movies, books & others as well.
Another solution is quirky, which takes raw ideas & adds whatever level of development, production & marketing is required to turn the idea into a commercial product. Not surprisingly, they require a larger share in the profits for their larger contribution to development & share of the risk.
quirky discussed on Global BC's Tech Talk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR2ZM0EraUA&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Founder Ben Kaufman tells his quirky story
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqYeWg7igkU&feature=youtube_gdata_player
quirky Web site
http://www.quirky.com/ / invent invention inventor inventing design developer develop development prototype prototyping finance loan debt venture capital investment share idea marketing sell /
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