if you have this much time in it why are you here>?

i mean you`ve done 90% of the work and now you want to lose most of your profits , why?

i would continue on my own, the payoff is gonna be better.

also why did you post the same thread twice?

well good luck with your idea

PLEASE, please, please give me some more insight and your opinion, the vodca doesn’t cut it anymore….

Roger Brown or Mark Reynolds is most likely your best bet for good info and no B.S
contact one of them

I would only suggest Mr.Roger Brown.

Mr. Helline what state do you live in?

Hi Steven, if you’re at the G7 stage, you’re committed to EN and HS until you’re either given a licensing contract or they reject it. If you’re this far, I’d hang through the process and if HS doesn’t want it you’ve still got all your options after that.

thanks Tony Joe, Mike

Mike

one other thing i think you forgot,

correct me if i`m wrong…if your idea is shown to HS it is tied up for 6months after that correct??

Steven,

Well done on the HS G7. I’m hanging in there also. Maybe it’s Ohio’s turn! Go Cavs (also)!!!

Dean

It’s only tied up while at G7 or G8. Once it goes R8, it is released immediately.

holly

i was under the impression that if it was shown to the company that it was tied up for 6 months incase they change their mind.
you are most likely right.
by the way congrats to you.

Holly is correct.:)

toni

i knew i was wrong. man i hate that lol. time to eat more crow yum yum

hello!

thanks

Hi,
Yes they had 40 Finalists at Edison, out of those 40, 11 were chosen to go on to HS for their final choice. I was cut at 5 but my Best Friend is one of the 11 who has moved on to HS. They could choose 1,or all of them. She is thrilled since she has had blood sweat and money poured into her product. It is out of Edisons hands now I believe.

maria

if your friend has alot money into her idea why did she submit it to EN??
the 2500.00 is the best part of the search. short of that the way the contract is you may not make alot . unless your idea is the next big hit.

Good Question! She is a widow and works and Mom who has spent so much (ten thousand plus) on the graphics and prototypes. I have two Provisional Patents and Trademarks and she knows the expense involved. She was tapped out, plus rejections. The great thing about the Internet, and I hope you all share this, if her project is chosen and published online and in the HS Magazine which we all take and read on flights, I am going to set her up with her own website to advertise online for under 100.00 a month. That will present her product to everyone and where they can purchase it. She can pick area codes, it will be on Facebook, Google, Twitter etc., and for that price she has presented her own product that someone else has produced marketed insured and shipped. Then it becomes the NEXT BIG HIT!
If that opens the door for her to have freedom to devote her ALL to become a full time product designer, I am thrilled she went this far!!!

PS. I will pay for her advertising. I believe in her that much!!! If we are here we all have a yearning to succeed!

maria,

thanks, steve

Robert, not everyone has guts/money/support/health/emotions/abilities/knowledge/you-name-it to continue the process of bringing a product up to the market, once it started. We can start fresh and full of hopes, but give up after so many outbreaks. It is a situation when you still believe in your idea but running empty, and then finding such place as EN feels like you are finally in safe and pleasant land of Hope, where you can take a couple of breathes and recuperate from the stress.

Steven, I do believe that hardly anyone can give you the exat numbers of what is happening out there behind that door.
Congrats on your G7!

Robert,

Steven, John Meacham usually posts all of the announcements about the various presentations on the thread: Official Q & A for Live Product Search. This is where he mentioned how many were presented and how many were still in the running. That is also the thread he watches for questions as it is an official EN thread.

Hope this helps!

steven

i understand what you are saying…for many years i`ve had ideas with nothing to do with them only to watch them come to market years later.
i was just thinking you`ve got alot of money into this and seems you`ve done 90%of the work already
EN offers a great deal for 25.00 but i

Steven,

I agree with one thing…people can sit on a product for years…And spend thousands getting it ready for someone to HOPEFULLY be willing to give you a licensing deal…The thing I have learned by doing some research is that a lot of expenses that companies are charging people for, were things I can eventually do myself…

My husband came up with a great idea about 12 years ago…We contacted an invention company….Turns out “It was a Rip Off”…They only wanted us to remortgage our home to pay their fees….Not happening….So we got frustrated and gave up our ideas all together there for awhile…

But as years went on I realized…We have some great ideas just wasting away in a notebook…So I started right here on my research journey…I have met people…Learned things that will help me get a lot farther than I ever imagined…Most of the things I was being charged for, are things I can do myself…Good Luck….Never give up!!

Hi everyone

Looks like I am one of the “11” Maria mentioned and HS has my proto for evaluation. Very exciting. My idea is pretty advanced, a few tweaks for production, and they could have manufactured units in couple months.

During the past three years with this project I have learned a lot, and still believe EE is the best way to get product on the market. A wise friend I met along the journey has seen many good products that suffered from lack of funds to advertise & market. These costs can run 5 – 10x more than development, so if your struggling to pay for patents, trademarks, incorporating, engineering, etc, going to market alone is very risky.

hey scott,

Has any one won Hamacher contest?

My G7 got rejected, and I remain dissapointed with this process. Seems like all EN wants is that 10 bucks a month. Thousands of inventors with very few successes. And what about season 4?

Hello Scott,

Sorry about your disappointment and I hope that you continue to participate in searches. Today I announced 4 inventors whose inventions were selected through Live Product Searches, and yesterday I announced 2, so there are plenty of success stories. Please also note that you do not have to pay $10 a month, Gold Membership is optional.

Season 3 of Everyday Edisons is scheduled to air next year, and casting calls will follow. As soon as we secure the cities and dates we will announce them right here on the Edison Nation website.

Thanks