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 [...]

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 [...]

This is where you can write about resourses that helped you , Ie, books, forums, other services like patent filing etc. where is outside of the immediate Contribution to Dev group of providers.
this also shows on the left column and is the Invention Resources selection from the category check box below.

Kevin Segedi – LittleBlackUmbrella www.littleblackumbrella.com

responsible for packaging design and marketing materials (illustrations, brochures)
Bio from website: Little Black Umbrella was started in 2005 by Kevin Segedi, a web and graphic designer with over 10 years experience to provide creative design, web development, photography, copy writing, and voice talent to small businesses. They are located in [...]

7.8.06 – Engineering Design

I’ve employed a young engineer, with a masters degree to look at the prototype circuit and produce a schematic so i can include it when I file the patent. I intend to alter the design so as to make it my own. After working with him until late in the [...]

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 desire to unleash that entrepreneurial spirit within me. Whatever the triggers were, the result has been that I’ve been consumed [...]