Casualties of the economic downturn might be wondering: Why do the fat cats get bailouts while we’re left to fend for themselves?
CHARLESTOWN, R.I., Jan. 13, 2009 — We’ve bailed out failed banks, failed insurance companies and failed auto makers. How about bailing out a sector that has never failed?
“Inventors — all the worker bees who have yet to realize their ideas — are the source of American ingenuity. Maybe now is the time to cultivate this talent base,” said Scott Keeley, who owns OBVIA, a product-development and design company in Rhode Island.
To that end, Keeley has come up with his own idea: He calls it “The Great American Inventor Rescue.” Between now and February, his firm will waive its inventor-assistance fees in the development of the next great invention.
The first rule of this competition is meant for the times: The inventor must be among the recently downsized.
Once the inventor submits his or her invention or product idea to OBVIA, OBVIA sends the inventor a nondisclosure agreement. (This is industry talk for a promise to not steal an idea.) OBVIA’s engineers and marketers review the entries and pick the winning idea by April 1, 2009.
From there, OBVIA develops the winning idea by assisting the inventor in attaining provisional-patent protection and a professional product-presentation. OBVIA then contacts key marketers in the catalog, television and retail sales industry — services which, combined, normally cost about $2400. OBVIA’s goal is to get the inventor’s product on store shelves by Christmas 2009. Although the winning product cannot be guaranteed success in the marketplace, it will gain the strongest foothold any invention has in this always-competitive market. OBVIA’s services are the individual inventor’s first, best step in successful product design and marketing. Using the latest 3-D modeling and engineering software, as well as 20+ years of design and marketing experience, OBVIA helps good ideas become great products.
“Too many of us are too busy working for the Man to take our ideas seriously. This is my way of jump-starting the creative economy. I want to get the next great product out of the basement workshop and into the revenue stream,” said Keeley.
The Great American Inventor Rescue competition began January 1, 2009. All submissions are due emailed by midnight on February 28, 2009 to .
For more information, see OBVIA’s Web site at http://www.obvia.biz.
OBVIA is the product design firm for the “little guy with big ideas.” http://www.obvia.biz
Contact Information:
Scott Keeley
62 Baxter Street
Charlestown, RI 02813
http://www.obvia.biz
Office: 401.213.6650
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