The Unsatisfied Inventor that Now Looks Like a Tech Startup Genius – ATK096

Turning serial ideas and inventions plus shitty job to play the bills into a revolutionary consumer products company…that’s what Ryan Frayne did. Here’s how seeking solutions and never being satisfied led to a breakthrough technology from an unlikely source and a startup that crushed it on Kickstarter.

The Windcatcher Kickstarter Campaign

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Success Quote

“There’s plenty of crappy jobs but you only have one life, make most out of it”

Key Crowdfunding Takeaways

  • Why you don’t get lucky out of the gate and strategies to keep going
  • How shitty day jobs can empower inventors to grow
  • Why licensing’s a terrible idea for product creators
  • The reason Kickstarter crushes big companies for launching business
  • Why trademarking in China can be a gamechanger
  • One way to turn common issues into killer product idea…why entrepreneurs are efficient and lazy
  • Why inventors can never be satisfied with a product
  • The best strategy to vet product ideas
  • How lean startups and putting products out there starts success

Links

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Books Mentioned

Blue Ocean Strategy, Expanded Edition: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant

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Roy Morejon

Roy Morejon is the President of Enventys Partners, a leading product development, crowdfunding and ecommerce marketing agency in Charlotte, North Carolina, in charge of digital marketing strategy, client services, and agency growth.

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