Inventor's Virtual Meetup

[MJ DeMarco]

Reminder to those who plan to join the Inventors Meetup today. The call starts in 30 minutes. 10 minutes prior to the meeting, I will be posting the link to the Google Meet.

I wish I would have been reminded on this, I would have posted a notice on the front page. Next time feel free to tag me for a reminder so I can get you more folks on the call.

 

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[Mikkel]

I wish I would have been reminded on this, I would have posted a notice on the front page. Next time feel free to tag me for a reminder so I can get you more folks on the call.

Not a problem. I didn't want to confuse people with both this meeting and the Accountability thread that is held 1 hour later. Next month, we will be holding it on a Sunday(if that works for people) so we don't have people split between two calls.

 

[Mikkel]

Meeting in 10 minutes.
Google Meet Link: Meet

Anyone is welcome to join. The main topic will be about validating an invention before you sink to much money and time into your project. Other topics are open to be discussed as well that relate to inventing.

 

[ZackerySprague]

Loved the call.

 

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[AmazingLarry]

Disappointed I couldn't make the call today. I there a way I could re-listen if it was recorded?
Gonna do my best to join in the next one.

 

[Mikkel]

Great call today. @RightyTighty @Etti @ZackerySprague

Due to the proximity of the Virtual Inventors Meetup and the Accountability meetups, we are going to move our meetings to Sunday and see how that works for people.

Next Months Meeting Information:
Sunday October 29th, 2023:

PDT: 8 AM
MDT: 9 AM
CDT: 10 AM
EST: 11 AM
BST: 4 PM
CEST: 5 PM

Main Topic:
Creating a cheap MVP/Prototype

Other topics are open for discussion. All are welcome

@MJ DeMarco How early would you like me to give you a reminder for this meeting?

 

[MJ DeMarco]

Great call today. @RightyTighty @Etti @ZackerySprague

Due to the proximity of the Virtual Inventors Meetup and the Accountability meetups, we are going to move our meetings to Sunday and see how that works for people.

Next Months Meeting Information:
Sunday October 29th, 2023:

PDT: 8 AM
MDT: 9 AM
CDT: 10 AM
EST: 11 AM
BST: 4 PM
CEST: 5 PM

Main Topic:
Creating a cheap MVP/Prototype

Other topics are open for discussion. All are welcome

@MJ DeMarco How early would you like me to give you a reminder for this meeting?

One week!

 

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[Aidan04]

F*ck I missed it. I forgot I had work this morning so I couldn't attend. Can someone give me a recap?

 

[RightyTighty]

Can someone give me a recap?

We mostly covered means of market validation:
- Landing page/accepting payment (an ethical problem unless you can actually produce a product quickly).
- Landing page with Buy Box, responding “not available” and collecting email addresses but not accepting payment.
- Landing page without Buy Box, collecting emails of those interested In future purchase.
- Approaching appropriate businesses/entities in the target market to test the product, followed up with a survey.
- Approaching the general public in a public setting to present/demonstrate the product and gather feedback.

We also had a good conversation on IP protection, with varying views expressed. Actual risk is largely dependent on the field of the invention. The general consensus was to address IP protection in accordance with the perceived risk, but to not allow IP fears to keep you from moving forward. First to market is usually the most effective strategy.

We’re going to try meeting every two weeks and see how participation goes. In addition to hearing from each attendees and helping them with any problems, we’ll focus discussion on a main topic in each meeting, to include:
- Idea generation/creative process
- Cost-effective prototype development
- Patent searching/DIY provisional patents
- Sourcing manufacturers
- Monetization - eCommerce, FBA, licensing

More to come. We’ll be looking for you next meeting!

 

[Aidan04]

We mostly covered means of market validation:
- Landing page/accepting payment (an ethical problem unless you can actually produce a product quickly).
- Landing page with Buy Box, responding “not available” and collecting email addresses but not accepting payment.
- Landing page without Buy Box, collecting emails of those interested In future purchase.
- Approaching appropriate businesses/entities in the target market to test the product, followed up with a survey.
- Approaching the general public in a public setting to present/demonstrate the product and gather feedback.

We also had a good conversation on IP protection, with varying views expressed. Actual risk is largely dependent on the field of the invention. The general consensus was to address IP protection in accordance with the perceived risk, but to not allow IP fears to keep you from moving forward. First to market is usually the most effective strategy.

We’re going to try meeting every two weeks and see how participation goes. In addition to hearing from each attendees and helping them with any problems, we’ll focus discussion on a main topic in each meeting, to include:
- Idea generation/creative process
- Cost-effective prototype development
- Patent searching/DIY provisional patents
- Sourcing manufacturers
- Monetization - eCommerce, FBA, licensing

More to come. We’ll be looking for you next meeting!

Thanks, righty. I appreciate it. Spenny and I will be at the next one for sure. He missed it by accident as well.

 

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[MattR82]

Very cool. Giving me flashbacks from my time with Inventright. Do you guys focus on licensing or more doing it yourself? Or both.

 

[Mikkel]

Very cool. Giving me flashbacks from my time with Inventright. Do you guys focus on licensing or more doing it yourself? Or both.

I am a part of a group very similar to InventRight—many of the same concepts. I am currently working toward licensing, though I may be looking to talk with investors and see what pathways are available for my current invention or future builds.

Did you go through the entire program and license a product?

 

[MRiabov]

Ah, crib, I'd love to join. I'm currently bringing my product via Kickstarter and it's actually not as easy as you'd think.

Darn, we should hold these meetings every week...

 

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[Mikkel]

One week!

@MJ DeMarco One week reminder before our next Virtual Inventors Meetup



Next Months Meeting Information:
Sunday October 29th, 2023:

PDT: 8 AM
MDT: 9 AM
CDT: 10 AM
EST: 11 AM
BST: 4 PM
CEST: 5 PM

Main Topic:
Creating a cheap MVP/Prototype

 

[Epynok]

When I can find the time, I will definitely not forget to join!

 

[Mikkel]

Reminder, tomorrow we have our virtual inventors meetup tomorrow.

Meeting Information:
Sunday October 29th, 2023:

PDT: 8 AM
MDT: 9 AM
CDT: 10 AM
EST: 11 AM
BST: 4 PM
CEST: 5 PM

Main Topic:
Creating a cheap MVP/Prototype

@RightyTighty @Aidan04 @Spenny @EngineerThis

Everyone is welcome. Talking all things inventing.

 

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[Trismigistus]

F

Reminder, tomorrow we have our virtual inventors meetup tomorrow.


@RightyTighty @Aidan04 @Spenny @EngineerThis

Everyone is welcome. Talking all things inventing.

Forum newb here, how do I come to this meet? Is it free? A got a couple ideas that will take inventing and have no clue what that entails. My wife and I select our idea on nov 11 for our business. Want to see what I could be in for and could help men with idea selection. Thank you for your time!

 

[Mikkel]

Forum newb here, how do I come to this meet? Is it free? A got a couple ideas that will take inventing and have no clue what that entails. My wife and I select our idea on nov 11 for our business. Want to see what I could be in for and could help men with idea selection. Thank you for your time!

I'll be posting a Google Meet link to this thread about 10 minutes prior to the start of the call.

This is free.

Feel free to ask questions in the call about your product. We have a general topic of discussion, but the format is not rigid so it allows us to have a free-form discussion in regard to all this inventing.

 

[Trismigistus]

I'll be posting a Google Meet link to this thread about 10 minutes prior to the start of the call.

This is free.

Feel free to ask questions in the call about your product. We have a general topic of discussion, but the format is not rigid so it allows us to have a free-form discussion in regard to all this inventing.

Thank you!

 

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[tenacity]

@MJ DeMarco One week reminder before our next Virtual Inventors Meetup



Next Months Meeting Information:
Sunday October 29th, 2023:

PDT: 8 AM
MDT: 9 AM
CDT: 10 AM
EST: 11 AM
BST: 4 PM
CEST: 5 PM

Main Topic:
Creating a cheap MVP/Prototype

Hey Mikkel, just to let you and others know that in the UK it's GMT now, so it's 3 PM for anyone from the UK.

 

[ZackerySprague]

Ill be there guys.

 

[Mikkel]

Meeting in 10 minutes.

Link: Meet

 

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[MRiabov]

Meeting in 10 minutes.

Link: Meet

Have I missed it?

It seems the summer/winter time has changed, and I'm 1hr late...

 

[Mikkel]

Is it there? Have I missed it?

It seems the summer/winter time has changed, and I'm 1hr late...

Meet

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meet.google.com

Join up, we are still here. Just a new link as the first hour ran out

 

[Mikkel]

Great meeting today guys! I'll post soon for the next meet-up.

@Spenny if you want to complete your thoughts on a topic, please let me know!

 

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[Aidan04]

Solid meeting today guys, I'm glad to be a part of it, and you all gave me great ideas for features I can add to the site.

If you were on the call and are interested in finding out more about the platform I was talking about, you can sign up here: Protogrove Insiders

 

[tenacity]

It was great to attend this meeting and meet everyone, if I come up with any ideas for the next meeting, I'll drop them here.

 

[MRiabov]

Speaking about the next meeting:

I currently have 29 dev tasks in Jira (project management software), and it'll take about a month to finish them. Maybe even more.

Idea for the next meeting: how to speed up work as an inventor; how to produce more on dev tasks.

I've taken some advice from how Elon Musk does it, but there is probably a lot to talk about.

 

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[Spenny]

Great meeting today guys! I'll post soon for the next meet-up.

@Spenny if you want to complete your thoughts on a topic, please let me know!

Some thoughts on potential ideas:

• How do you kill ideas as fast as possible? I suppose make sure that you're not just getting dud reception (Mom test comes to mind)
• How to come up with ideas all the time. @RightyTighty, your idea of a day method comes to mind. I need to get on with that.

Edit: Stupid you're/your mistake.

 

[Mikkel]

Next Months Meeting Information:
Sunday November 12th, 2023:

PDT: 8 AM
MDT: 9 AM
CDT: 10 AM
EST: 11 AM
GMT: 4 PM
CET: 5 PM

Main Topic:
Validating products / killing bad ideas FAST!

Please note, that clocks are changing this week. I tried to adjust accordingly. If you are unsure of the time, the meeting will be held at 11 AM EST(Eastern Standard Time).

A link will be provided 10 minutes before the meetup.

@MJ DeMarco One week reminder before our next Virtual Inventors Meetup