It was one of those long, hot showers at the end of the day. While staring at one point and visualizing my solution to a problem that I was facing in the house, it struck me... I found it! I know what is needed to get it done.

This doesn't happen too often. One typically needs to have something bothering him to trigger the problem solving mechanism. A few weeks ago, I was faced with my three kids looking at me, and none of them knew where the chargers for our iDevices were. We are all using these chargers in the house (iPads, iPods, etc.), but this time they all vanished. This was the trigger. That same night in the shower (where the best ideas come to mind), it came to me.

Since I would like to keep this solution confidential for the time being, I will spare you the details, and once I know it is protected, I will share it. What I am willing to share at this point is the process I am going through to make this idea a reality, I hope.

Kickstarter

It's been a few months now since I became aware of this great website called kickstarter.com. There are great ideas from inventors and designers who develop these ideas into an almost finished product. They are seeking help from the visitors to the site to finance the production cost of these products for the first items after production is completed. So anyone who sees a product that he would like to own and help bring to market can pledge any set amount and assist the inventor with raising the funds. All the money raised is then going to the inventor to invest in injection molding tools, packaging, parts, and the first production run.

I found this setup and process to be such a great idea that I must at some point test it and see if I/we can come up with a valid idea and raise the funds for it.

I have it!
That problem, which I mentioned before, and the solution that came to me in the shower may be this great product idea that I was looking for. In the following posts, I will share the process of doing so. My plan is to develop the idea, engineer it correctly, prototype it, and make sure I do not miss anything. I will then use the prototype to create the movie clip to present the idea on the Kickstarter web site and see where it takes us.