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Link to original thread: Progress Thread - Spot On
Well, the time has finally come... (caution... I'm a Marine... I don't know what foul language is anymore)
After blowing loads of money on different ideas without doing my due diligence in either investigating the market, interest in the product, or finding out an item already existed, I think I actually have my fastlane product.
Two days ago I was standing outside my townhome freezing my a$$ off watching my dog drop dinosaur size loads, and I was thinking about the guy on here who invented the paint-brush covers that preserve your paint brushes. I was thinking about how such an easy design, and and something that is relatively inexpensive to manufacture can help almost EVERYONE who has ever lived in their own personal space. Not any specific market,.... EVERYONE. Just moved into your new apartment and need to paint? Having a baby and need to paint a nursery? Starting a business and need to paint a sign, work shop, or door? They've got it covered! Literally!! lol
Then I started thinking,... What else does everyone do. Not just a few people here and there... But EVERYONE. And what does EVERYONE do, that is almost ALWAYS a pain in the a$$??
And it hit me. Like a ton of F*cking afghany raped sheep!!
I went inside, paused the episode of Chicago Med that my fiance was watching, and told her... What did she do?
Laughed. But then she thought about it,... and actually said "I'd buy it"
So, today is Monday. Instead of growling and moaning when I woke up at 6:30am... I was up at 3:00 am bright eyed and bushy tailed. I spent the next 2.5 hours scrolling through the US Patent database to find that it didn't LOOK like anyone had made my idea yet.
Fortunately I am the Engineering Manager at my company. I have a 3D printer and 3D modeling software right here at my desk. So, I modeled up three different versions, sent them to the printer,... and 40 minutes later I had 15 prototype parts.
I walked around the office showing a few choice people. Not a SINGLE bad review. I asked how much they'd pay for it.
From 3:00 am until noon I had already accomplished more than I had EVER with any other project.
I've got a small market review, I have all rough draft drawings documented and dated, I have 3D models, and I have working prototypes.
I am writing this as a progress thread to let everyone here see that no matter how many times you fail,... you MUST keep going. Even if you're low-crawling, struggling to keep shifting one knee above the other, and one hand out ahead of you.... you MUST keep going.
This is going to be my story. Even if this fails, you guys will know what failed, and hopefully not make the same mistake. And if this takes off.... Then you all get the front seat view of this wild roller coaster right from the start. I'm going to document my every step here.
One thing I will not do, until the appropriate time comes, is tell anyone on here what the idea is. I'll only tell the brand name I already came up with.... SPOT ON
At 9:00pm EST I will make daily updates as to what progress and action I took that day.
So hold on tight, keep all hands, arms, feet, dongs, and nipples inside the car please! YEEEEHAAAAWWW!!!!! Here comes SPOT ON in every household!!!!
Link to original thread: Progress Thread - Spot On
Well, the time has finally come... (caution... I'm a Marine... I don't know what foul language is anymore)
After blowing loads of money on different ideas without doing my due diligence in either investigating the market, interest in the product, or finding out an item already existed, I think I actually have my fastlane product.
Two days ago I was standing outside my townhome freezing my a$$ off watching my dog drop dinosaur size loads, and I was thinking about the guy on here who invented the paint-brush covers that preserve your paint brushes. I was thinking about how such an easy design, and and something that is relatively inexpensive to manufacture can help almost EVERYONE who has ever lived in their own personal space. Not any specific market,.... EVERYONE. Just moved into your new apartment and need to paint? Having a baby and need to paint a nursery? Starting a business and need to paint a sign, work shop, or door? They've got it covered! Literally!! lol
Then I started thinking,... What else does everyone do. Not just a few people here and there... But EVERYONE. And what does EVERYONE do, that is almost ALWAYS a pain in the a$$??
And it hit me. Like a ton of F*cking afghany raped sheep!!
I went inside, paused the episode of Chicago Med that my fiance was watching, and told her... What did she do?
Laughed. But then she thought about it,... and actually said "I'd buy it"
So, today is Monday. Instead of growling and moaning when I woke up at 6:30am... I was up at 3:00 am bright eyed and bushy tailed. I spent the next 2.5 hours scrolling through the US Patent database to find that it didn't LOOK like anyone had made my idea yet.
Fortunately I am the Engineering Manager at my company. I have a 3D printer and 3D modeling software right here at my desk. So, I modeled up three different versions, sent them to the printer,... and 40 minutes later I had 15 prototype parts.
I walked around the office showing a few choice people. Not a SINGLE bad review. I asked how much they'd pay for it.
From 3:00 am until noon I had already accomplished more than I had EVER with any other project.
I've got a small market review, I have all rough draft drawings documented and dated, I have 3D models, and I have working prototypes.
I am writing this as a progress thread to let everyone here see that no matter how many times you fail,... you MUST keep going. Even if you're low-crawling, struggling to keep shifting one knee above the other, and one hand out ahead of you.... you MUST keep going.
This is going to be my story. Even if this fails, you guys will know what failed, and hopefully not make the same mistake. And if this takes off.... Then you all get the front seat view of this wild roller coaster right from the start. I'm going to document my every step here.
One thing I will not do, until the appropriate time comes, is tell anyone on here what the idea is. I'll only tell the brand name I already came up with.... SPOT ON
At 9:00pm EST I will make daily updates as to what progress and action I took that day.
So hold on tight, keep all hands, arms, feet, dongs, and nipples inside the car please! YEEEEHAAAAWWW!!!!! Here comes SPOT ON in every household!!!!
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