Well, here I am…at the moment of truth. My first product is about to hit the market and it’s all or nothing. I’ve been waiting a very long time for this. You might say I’ve been waiting all my life.

My entry for the very first ASOTV Live product search is going to start testing very soon. They took what started out as, believe it or not, a cut up lid of a copy paper box and turned it into a real product about to hit the airwaves in it’s very own infomercial!

I had proven the concept to myself with the cut up box lid. I then spent the next couple of weeks, sketching, drawing, rethinking and drawing and sketching and waking up in the middle of the night to re-draw, well I think you get the point. In the end I entered a very nice 3D model of my idea along with the best write-up I could do on why they needed to make this. It was one of those ideas you just know needs to be made and will be made. I was hoping hard they’d like it.

The sponsor was interested and then the next round of thinking started. EN requested a prototype. I never in a million years even thought about how I’d go about making one and now I was being told the sponsor was interested and they wanted something as soon as possible. I had 2 weeks to figure it out and get it back to them.

I had to now completely re-think how I could make one of these. I obviously didn’t have a plastic injection molder so mine would have to be made out of wood and plexiglass with just a touch of metal. I ended up completely redesigning the concept so I could build one.

I get impatient once the problem is solved and usually end up rushing through the prototype. I get tired of it and want another challenge. Fortunately my father-in-law is a planner and a craftsman. I gave him my newly developed plans and he built the prototype for me. I helped some and directed but he did the bulk of the work. I have to tell you it was beautiful. It worked perfectly and if this didn’t sell them on the idea nothing would.
As luck would have it after some back and forth and requests for extra parts the sponsor bought into the idea and that is why I am where I am to day.

The day of reckoning, the eve of success or failure. This could be my big chance to change my life and start down a whole new world of inventing or I might get nothing and it’ll be a total failure. I’m confident it will do well, very well but there is always that chance it won’t which is why it has to be tested.

To test it they made an initial run of product and a full fledged infomercial. I can’t tell you anything about the product or the company making it because it would skew the test results but I can tell you the infomercial is great. Really cheesey, lots of over acting and even the phrase “But wait…that’s not all”!

I am so thankful for getting my chance a lot of people put a lot of time and money into an idea that came out of my head and is now actually here on the planet ready to sell. It’s just amazing to me. I’m so proud that it’s mine and that its going to be out there for anyone and everyone. Will my idea save the world?…no. Will it be around for all eternity like the can opener?…probably not. Will it solve a problem people have…sure will. Will people buy it? Well this is where I’d like to scream at the top of my lungs YES THEY WILL!!!

So if you see an infomercial for something new that’s kind of cool that you might like to buy…Buy one. It might be my idea, it might not but I’m sure there is someone else out there just like me waiting and wondering, worrying and hoping that your purchase just might make things a little easier for them. I know I sure don’t look at those commercials the same way anymore. I now wonder who’s idea was that? What is there life like? Has this product made it better? I then realize they could be one of my friends here at EN. EN is changing lives. Whether this particular product does well or is an abysmal failure EN has changed my life. I’m proud of what I’ve been able to accomplish with them these last 2 years and win or loose I’ll always know I took my shot and EN gave me the opportunity to be able to take that shot.

Win or loose I’ll always know I did my best. Here’s hoping for the best.