My obsession with my invention started while watching an episode of “The American Inventor”.  Or was it the invention project my step-daughter Kelsey was assigned at school?  Maybe it was the stubbed toe on the laundry basket.  Whatever the triggers were, the result has been that I’ve been consumed with building a better “mouse trap” [...]

We created this 60 second spot to highlight the NiteTrip light. I think its pretty good at illustrating a few of the ways the light can be used.  We need to create one showing it used in a Nursery and hotel room.  Any other comments or improvements?

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These are the first versions of the NiteTrip light.  Available in white, silver and champagne.  White seems to appeal to women, silver with men and champagne for boomers and elderly.  So far sales have been pretty even across all three colors.  Which do you perfer?  and Why? 

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Choosing A Shipping method For Your Product.
Shipping costs can make or break your business. Strong statement, I know, but its true. I worked very hard to minimize manufacturing costs – why give up margin on high shipping costs? There are many articles relating to how much you should charge customers for shipping. Should it be [...]

I recently mentioned to a friend of mine that I believe I have already achieved success with the NiteTrip.  My definition of success may be different than yours!  I invented the NiteTrip as a way to show my kids that if they have an idea or dream they can make it a reality.  It seems the [...]

Everyone’s process is different.  But here are the steps I took from design to production of the NiteTrip.  While I’m not done in the process, hopefully this will help you get started on your idea!  I know you have one!  I’ll have more detailed information on each step.
Step 1. Build a prototype.
Step 2. Test it [...]

There were a number of resources I used to help take my portable night light idea from inception to production.  I wish I would have known about startupnation.com early on. I think it would have saved me some time in finding certain information.  Startupnation.com is a social venue for entrepreneurs and small business owners to discuss all [...]

When we all came up with the idea for the nitetrip, a light that helps you see when you pee. We all fooled around with the idea and thought it was crazy, but we made it happen. At first I thought the nitetrip was a ridiculous idea. But we had a blackout, and at night [...]