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  1. Eskil

    Amazon's new way to deal with patent infringers

    For years, Amazon has turned a blind eye to sellers that blatantly infringe on US patents - allowing (mostly Chinese) copycats to steal ideas and profit from them on Amazon. And of course - Amazon has been, and still is, profiting very well from this as well. My own product fell victim to being...
  2. Eskil

    Textbook example of lack of market validation, from 1996

    OFF-TOPIC 
    Lol... my son showed me this the other day. We often talk about market validation on this forum, and here is a great example of why you should do just that. This guy invented (and I use that term very loosely) an email "machine" back in the mid 90's that he thought was going to revolutionize...
  3. Eskil

    How to turn a manufacturing error into millions (the Garfield story)

    Saw this the other day and thought it was interesting to say the least. The creator of Garfield (the cartoon cat - a huge success in the 80's), had ordered a bunch of plush Garfield toys with velcro for its feet - that he thought people would want to attach to their curtains in their homes for...
  4. Eskil

    Equity Crowdfunding AMA

    AMA 
    For the past few months, I have been working hard on preparing an equity crowdfunding campaign for my business. I have learned an enormous amount of stuff I didn’t know before and I feel now is a good time to share what I have learned here so others may also consider this as a viable funding...
  5. Eskil

    Finally, Amazon's monopoly on one-click checkout is over

    Today marks the 20th year anniversary (and thus expiration date) of Amazon's monopoly on "one click checkout". For those who didn't know... in 1997, Amazon applied for, and was actually granted(!) to much controversy, a patent on one-click checkouts in e-commerce transactions - meaning that any...
  6. Eskil

    TechCrunch: 10 of the most-funded startups to fail in 2017

    EXECUTION 
    Yesterday I posted about a company called Juicero, and some lessons on what NOT to do, lol.. TechCrunch also put together a list of the 10 most funded startups that have failed (Juicero also made it on this list) or are failing in 2017: 10 of the most-funded startups to fail in 2017 A Reddit...
  7. Eskil

    How NOT to launch a physical product

    EXECUTION 
    I saw this the other day and couldn't believe what I was reading. This is pretty much a text-book example of an idea that may have sounded good on paper, got lots of investors interested, then failed miserably because of terrible execution - and as as result - a product that no one would buy...
  8. Eskil

    (Much) faster metal 3D Printing and prototyping soon a reality

    SOURCE: 100x faster, 10x cheaper: 3D metal printing is about to go mainstream For those of you into product development and rapid prototyping, you might find this very interesting. From the article; "Desktop Metal – remember the name. This Massachussetts company is preparing to turn...
  9. Eskil

    Eskil's Mentoring to Accelerate Your Growth

    MARKETPLACE 
    This is a personal mentor / coaching program meant for anyone who is serious about getting off to a solid start - or to take an existing product based business to the next level. A few years back, I offered coaching in this thread, which was heavily Amazon-focused. I coached several people...
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  10. Eskil

    A few golden nuggets from the CEO of GoPro

    MINDSET 
    Nick Woodman, CEO of GoPro recently dropped some golden nuggets in an interview with CNBC at CES. - Think of perseverance not only as perseverance, but also to "outpassion, outcommit, and outdetermine your competition" - The most successful entrepreneurs are the ones that tell themselves I'm...
  11. Eskil

    Who wants to meet in New York with me? (for StreamCon)

    MEETUPS 
    I'm pretty sure I will be heading to New York this fall, to attend StreamCon 2015 (Oct 30th - Nov 1st) as an exhibitor. The attendees and demographic there is a perfect match for my product, but - there are probably others here on the forum who may also have products that they could showcase at...
  12. Eskil

    Berkeley study shows announcing your goals might defeat the purpose..

    MINDSET 
    MJ recently moved a bunch of nonsense-threads (like "Watch me become a billionaire in 2 months..." type threads) to a dark corner of the forum where they belong :) Well I saw this study today and couldn't help but think of this. It really supports why these types of threads are a waste of...
  13. Eskil

    Have questions about patenting & trademarks? Free Q&A session in Scottsdale, AZ (December)

    MEETUPS 
    Hey everyone, This will be mostly interesting to those of you who live in the Phoenix/Scottsdale area - but an opportunity you might not want to miss.. My IP attorney's partner is coming to visit the Scottsdale, AZ area here in early December, and he's offered to do a free Q&A session, to sit...
  14. Eskil

    In debt we trust..

    Slowlane mantra: Borrow a lot so you can get a job paying high enough to pay it back. ;) http://www.nbcnews.com/business/personal-finance/burdened-record-amount-debt-graduates-delay-marriage-n219371
  15. Eskil

    Competitor Pricing Analysis for Amazon

    MARKETING 
    This little browser plugin can be pretty handy if you're looking to research new products - or want to better understand the pricing among competitors in your market: http://camelcamelcamel.com/camelizer You can even set up e-mail alerts for whenever a competitor drops the price.
  16. Eskil

    Finally moving to Scottsdale, Arizona!

    HOT! 
    Howdy partners… Since moving back to the states from Norway in 2010, our plan all along was to get settled somewhere else than WA state (where we have lived now for 4 years). Our plan for years was to get back to California, but after hearing the constant praise of Arizona from the likes of MJ...
  17. Eskil

    We are live on Kickstarter! All and any help is much appreciated..

    EXECUTION 
    First off, mods (@AllenCrawley / @JasonR ), let me know if I'm posting this in the wrong category. Alright, my big day has come. For those of you who has access to the Insider's section - you have followed my progress thread here. (And if you haven't signed up for the Insider's yet - let me...
  18. Eskil

    1-on-1 Amazon Coaching. Grow Your Amazon Business with the Help of Two Fastlaners

    MARKETPLACE 
    Hey everyone, Are you struggling with Amazon, or don't know how to get started? Want to learn the best tricks to maximize your sales? Now is your chance to get 1 on 1 coaching from two Fastlaners that did 1 Million Dollars in sales on Amazon in the last year. For some time now, both @1step and...
  19. Eskil

    Validating a product/brand with a survey before it exists

    MARKETING 
    I thought this was pretty cool. Basically, ad guru George Lois helped the Quaker company validate whether or not they should expand their products into offering syrup (since they were already making pancake mixes). They didn't think they should go into it. Remember, this was before the brand...
  20. Eskil

    Big list of reminders why taking action on an idea is EVERYTHING

    IDEA 
    So I found this on Reddit not too long ago. Some of them are sad reminders of why just talking and thinking about a "great idea" NEVER will you get you anywhere - unless you act. Or at the very least try. What invention/idea did you honestly think of before somebody else actually did it? ...
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