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Edison Nation’s very own Betsy Kaufman and Everyday Edison’s Michael Cable discuss the story of “Eggies” on YouTube!!! Wow!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uQ_kCstEHw&...

posted June 09, 2011 10:59 (
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“Without EN there would be No Eggies”

That’s right, and without those rough sketches Betsy Kaufman drew during that surge of creativity
you spoke about in your video, EN wouldn’t have had an Eggie TO develope and promote.
The Divine Gift was handed to you that evening… it was no accident the EN ad was on the back of
that receipt…. THAT was your pointer to the MEANS of making the Gift come to life… thankfully you
followed the tips and the two of you are now a team!
<:-)

posted July 20, 2011 22:37 (
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That’s quite an incredible sentiment Frank. It actually has really made me think a lot since I read it. It is very touching! I do know that the most special gift in my whole life has been and is my family. But the most unexpected gift of my life has certainly been stumbling upon EN and connecting with all of you. Without EN there would be No Eggies, so it is all tied up with the same beautiful bow!

posted July 20, 2011 20:26 (
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I believe this entire Eggies experience, Betsy, is a Divine Gift.
If you weren’t DESERVING of it, you wouldn’t have been entrusted with it.

“Divine gifts should never be questioned, simply accepted.” … Ammon (Clash of the Titans)

posted July 19, 2011 21:46 (
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Thanks Patricia! For someone like me who’s been in TV news my whole career…this experience really makes me at times have a loss for words. A $25 dollar submission and then ALL this? Mind blowing! I’m probably not deserving, but I sure am appreciative!

posted July 19, 2011 21:27 (
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Betsy I saw the Eggies twice this weekend it was so cool… Yum can’t wait to try them! This must be a great summer for you !!!! Yeah, you deserve it !!

posted July 19, 2011 20:50 (
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Steve, if or rather WHEN you come to Houston——I’ll give you your very own box. I happen to know the inventor! Ha, ha…..ya don’t get me using that word very much. :-)

posted July 18, 2011 14:47 (
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Unfortunately nothing in BBB in NJ yet but i asked the store manager to look into it for me. I’ll keep you posted!

posted July 17, 2011 20:52 (
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Steve, I know BIG things are in your future very soon. Call it intuition! Let me know if ya find them in NJ…they just landed in Houston. And it is an absolute mind blowing experience to see them on display!

posted July 16, 2011 22:10 (
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Simply amazing! Betsy you must be on cloud 9 and i don’t blame you at all. I just hole to join you one day. Many more Eggies sighting to come soon I’m sure. I’m going to check my local BBB here in NJ tomorrow and will keep you posted.

posted July 16, 2011 20:38 (
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Thanks Sher! That was so darling of Andy Berger to take that pic! If that display had been at a BBB in Houston—-there would have been one more element in the pic….me fainting on the floor! Ha, ha. Man, what a THRILL it will be to see a display in person. I’m just OVERWHELMED by what EN and ALLSTAR are doing! It’s beyond my comprehension and wildest imagination!

posted July 15, 2011 10:10 (
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Eggies sighting (courtesy Andrew Berger in Arizona) at Bed, Bath & Beyond!!!!! Wow…they are making it to the store shelves quickly!!

Looks like Frank can post pics again…Yay!! Wanted to post this pic here as well!!!

posted July 15, 2011 09:34 (
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Thanks Diana! I’m amazed at your Avatar photo! Is that wedding cake hanging upside down?

posted July 15, 2011 08:55 (
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Great interview, Betsy! How inspiring!

posted July 04, 2011 10:31 (
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Holly—-YOU ARE MY HERO!!!!!!!!!! I can’t believe you found EGGIES in a store even before I knew they were there!!!! Incredible! I am so amazed!!!!! You are the BEST detective! I am screaming in Houston!

posted July 03, 2011 14:26 (
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There is a new ASOTV store in Asheville, and I found and bought 2 Eggies yesterday!!!! I talked to the owner and
she told me they had just gotten them in the day before- 4 boxes and there was just one Eggie remaining (not 1 box- but just 1 Eggie!!)
She was definately re-ordering and was very pleased with how popular and fast selling they were!! Congratulations Betsy (you really
are an inventor by the way!!)

posted July 03, 2011 12:38 (
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That was great Betsy! Eggies are taking you places… I love your story!

posted June 22, 2011 08:57 (
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You were a true natural Betsy.

posted June 22, 2011 07:32 (
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KHOU TV is like my second home! Incredible group of people!!!! It was funny being a ‘guest’ on a segment rather than a producer. Lots of fun!

posted June 21, 2011 19:23 (
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Aaahhh, Betsy!!!! Have to post your television interview here too, you know!!! This was most eggsellent…you can tell you are very at home here on this set just totally relaxed and chatting with your good friend!! Your Betsy Best!!! :-D

http://www.khou.com/great-day/gdh_06-21-11_seg6...

posted June 21, 2011 19:11 (
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I just saw your Eggies Commercial on Inspiration TV! How eggciting!

posted June 17, 2011 07:37 (
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In a Bloody!

posted June 14, 2011 19:01 (
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Oh man… an eggie cube would be awesome!

posted June 14, 2011 18:55 (
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Ralf—-you think just like the design team! They were offering ‘Eggies Shapes’ on the website. I’ve seen a star, a heart, a square, etc.
Don’t know if they’ll make it on store shelves, but they were test marketing them months ago.

posted June 14, 2011 18:19 (
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Betsy your product can make any shape that can slip out of the mold. How about something like EggHead where famous faces come out or any fun shape. Think of all the collectables.

posted June 14, 2011 12:44 (
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“Hmmm, I wonder if I put a potato in Mr. Potato Head and put in the oven with some butter – maybe it would make mashed potatos. Maybe not.”

Even though, Mr. Potato Head wasn’t designed to withstand the extreme temperatures of your common everyday household ovens, he sure still can make a hellava baked tater though! You actually might be onto something there, Don…If ya can just get passed the toxic fumes and taste of melting plastic!?

  

posted June 14, 2011 01:47 (
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Hey Roger—-I’d loved to be called that! Isn’t Sherri’s daughter darling? She’s the next generation of ENers!!!

posted June 12, 2011 20:35 (
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Betsy, great video. As others have commented you look very confident on camera and would make a great spokesperson for the product. Be prepared to be known worldwide as the “The Eggie Lady”. Just smile and thank them as you cash those royalty checks. : )

posted June 12, 2011 17:39 (
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Eggstra, Eggstra…Read all about it!! Betsy’s Story makes the Sunday Edition of The New York Times!

Huge Congratulations, Betsy!! I’m so glad we finally found someone (Kroger) who carried this newspaper in our area..Whew!!

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Good luck to your wife!!! She has absolutely the same skill set as me! Don—-I could never talk about other products, I barely understood my own!! ha,ha

posted June 12, 2011 11:49 (
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Great product Betsy and you are a natural on TV. Think seriously about being a spokesperson for TV ads of other consumer products. Get an agent and go for it. My wife is also “not an inventor” and came up with an idea for the current ASOTV 2 EN search. She went to G7 in a week. Here’s hoping. Hmmm, I wonder if I put a potato in Mr. Potato Head and put in the oven with some butter – maybe it would make mashed potatos. Maybe not. Good luck.

posted June 12, 2011 06:58 (
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I can handle that you should of negotiated for the bottle. I with send over the paperwork lol joking apart you have a natural talent and I would be very confident that you could present products to their best potential . I only tell it as i see it.

posted June 12, 2011 00:47 (
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Betsy,
You are an inventor… Now accept that before you get scrambled or something worse… like poached… The horrors. Have you ever been poached before?

posted June 11, 2011 15:26 (
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Funny Richard, I’m not sure but, I think it might have been about IVF….invitro fertilization. Over the past several months I have googled ‘Eggies’ just to see what was happening with the TV test infomercial. In that time, I’ve learned that LOTS of people talk online about IVF frozen ‘eggies’….there’s a hard rock music group named ‘Soft Boiled Eggies’….there are ‘Eggies’ restaurants, a video game——-Oooooh I could go on and on. :-) I have become the ‘Eggies’ Googling expert! Ha, ha

posted June 11, 2011 12:57 (
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Betsy, I just viewed the video. I’m very impressed, you’re a natural in front of the camera, no stammering, and a great speaking voice. After vewing the video i saw a little below on the U-tube list, the title for frozen eggies. It had nothing to do with eggies at all, just about previously frozen eggs for breakfast. But I wondered how they would do with freezing after boiling. I’ve got chickens and usually a surplus of eggs, during the warm months, but not in the winter. I’ll have to experiment with them. I’m excited for you, and if the idea that I’ve submitted, that would compliment eggies, makes it through all the way, I’ll be excited for us.

posted June 11, 2011 12:08 (
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Very cute idea! Glad you’re on the team!!! You’re right Patricia, the one thing I’ve learned is—-a crazy idea, is not necessarily a crazy idea! Go for it!

posted June 11, 2011 11:17 (
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Wow … Awesome! Can’t wait to hear!!

I know EN is amazing, it has changed the way I look at my own crazy ideas… All it takes is one .. You are eggie proof of that… :-)

I think you could package your egglets in a cutesy little crate at Easter time and include little decorative accessories, something like Mr. Potato Head etc … Or just edible something or other ..

Always thinking for my team!!

posted June 11, 2011 11:08 (
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Thanks Patricia! Like I said, I’m an easy hire—-like FREE! :-) What EN’s team has done on my behalf is truly AMAZING! And there’s one more unbelievable thing (if you can believe that) that’s going to happen TOMORROW! Details soon! This whole experience is MIND BLOWING!!!!

posted June 11, 2011 10:47 (
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And yes, I’ll jump in to say we should all chip in and hire you for our local EDISONNATION Anchor.. How fun!!

posted June 11, 2011 07:50 (
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Betsy I loved the video … Great job …I can’t can’t wait for the eggies to hit my hometown !! Finally I can reproduce my favorite not too runny, not hard but just right soft boiled egg on toast … yum!!!

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Thanks Eduardo and David! Afford me David, that’s funny! Hey, I’m cheap——a couple of margaritas and I’m all yours! Ha, ha

posted June 11, 2011 07:17 (
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Nice video you should pitch others ideas i would love to afford you if i am so lucky to land something hard in the US. Well happy for you.

posted June 10, 2011 23:33 (
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Congrats Betsy.

posted June 10, 2011 17:23 (
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Love the whole thing. So well done… editing and all! You make a terrific spokesperson, Betsy!!
Eggies
Eggies
Eggies!! :-)
xo

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Thanks Zab! How’s this?…..let’s split the difference. I’ll say—-I’m not an inventor, but EN turned me into one! :-)

posted June 10, 2011 15:33 (
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You are now an official inventor B! Seriously, please take the status, it’s well deserved!!

posted June 10, 2011 09:34 (
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None. Now—-they’ve even included my name on the Patent! I’m not an inventor and don’t have an inventor’s mind. Seriously, this was a whim of a submission by an absolute novice!

posted June 10, 2011 09:24 (
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Hi Betsy and congratulations!
I love your product.
I have one question…What kind of protection did you have before you submitted your product to EN?
Thanks and once again congratulations!

posted June 10, 2011 08:24 (
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Sir Eggward…you are too funny and creative! I wish I could figure out how to bottle up your extreme talent — and submit IT into an LPS search. In Fact, maybe your DNA is exactly the chemical compound, or whatever Mattel was looking for in their LPS. Hmmmmm….

Krissie—-believe me, ideas come to ALL of us. With EN, now there’s a way to do something with them. Like I’ve said before—- without knowing about EN—-there would be NO EGGIES. I would have had the idea, forgotten about it and had egg salad for lunch!

posted June 10, 2011 06:55 (
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Yay!!! Betsy!!!! You were awesome!!!! This is so amazing! You give all of us hope! Thank You!

posted June 10, 2011 03:03 (
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Oh, I see you’ve already begun working on a Sir Eggward prototype to possibly become the official Eggspert spokes caricature for Eggies, huh!?

Well, may I submit for your consideration, a possible substitution for Sir Eggward’s ASOTV cameo commercial debut…Definite maybe, right?!

 

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