From time to time, more frequently than I prefer, some idea drops into my consciousness begging for my attention. I have a hard time ignoring these, "What ifs". It is something I struggle with, whether to give these ideas any traction or not. The older I get, the more I let them go. I have had so many ideas that were potentially effective but had no support. The one I truly wish I could pursue would make it easier to pour medications without the spillage that drips down the label, making the bottle sticky. I took the first steps on that one, drawing sketches, making a paper model, paying an intellectual property lawyer to do a patent search. The initial search indicated that this was indeed a unique idea.
Unfortunately, to go further would cost $25,000 that I then did not and still do not have, just to get the ball rolling. My mother seems to think I can somehow "Shark Tank" this concept, not understanding that I need seed money to build prototypes. I'm not an industrial engineer. I have no access to the materials needed. I'm not willing to go into huge debt to make this a reality. I can't handle that kind of financial stress.
I could possibly use my school's 3-D printer, but then the design becomes property of the school. I'm not willing to make that concession.
Could this be a Kickstarter campaign? Maybe. I haven't looked into it, as my job is my priority.
I also thought of an idea for an app that could send daily push notifications to the user's choice of communication. This is different from Remind. It is a go-between to help media influencers send daily messages at the same time each day/week to followers who choose to opt-in. I don't doubt that if I spent time learning how to code this, it could definitely be marketable. Then I think, "Surely someone else has already thought of this."
To find out, I need to do some research. Is this how I want to spend my time? I'm not sleeplessly passionate about this idea the way entrepreneurs are on Guy Raz's, "How I Built This". I have listened to dozens of episodes of this podcast, enough to know that to build any idea into a money-generating business, I must be all-in.
And why hasn't anyone developed a harness for small dogs that doesn't put pressure on the trachea? The design would be a modified x that doesn't involve the dog's neck at all.
See what I mean? I can't stop the flow of ideas. Back to the drawing board.
Unfortunately, to go further would cost $25,000 that I then did not and still do not have, just to get the ball rolling. My mother seems to think I can somehow "Shark Tank" this concept, not understanding that I need seed money to build prototypes. I'm not an industrial engineer. I have no access to the materials needed. I'm not willing to go into huge debt to make this a reality. I can't handle that kind of financial stress.
I could possibly use my school's 3-D printer, but then the design becomes property of the school. I'm not willing to make that concession.
Could this be a Kickstarter campaign? Maybe. I haven't looked into it, as my job is my priority.
I also thought of an idea for an app that could send daily push notifications to the user's choice of communication. This is different from Remind. It is a go-between to help media influencers send daily messages at the same time each day/week to followers who choose to opt-in. I don't doubt that if I spent time learning how to code this, it could definitely be marketable. Then I think, "Surely someone else has already thought of this."
To find out, I need to do some research. Is this how I want to spend my time? I'm not sleeplessly passionate about this idea the way entrepreneurs are on Guy Raz's, "How I Built This". I have listened to dozens of episodes of this podcast, enough to know that to build any idea into a money-generating business, I must be all-in.
And why hasn't anyone developed a harness for small dogs that doesn't put pressure on the trachea? The design would be a modified x that doesn't involve the dog's neck at all.
See what I mean? I can't stop the flow of ideas. Back to the drawing board.