YOUR Ideas That Someone Else is Cashing in On:

[ACMESkydiver 0]

We all have those moments. Those moments when you see someone walk into the local Starbucks with the latest, greatest 'Widget', slapped with some manufacturer's label, and you say 9sometimes outloud) "Son-of-a-mother! That was MY idea! Somebody is getting rich off of MY brainstorm! Damn if only..."

so it happened to me a few times, here was the worst:

I invented 'the mocha'. Yes. As a young teen, I was FREEZING in the rare Seattle snow, and needed the caffeine of coffee, but craved the warm chocolate in cocoa. So I took my cup of coffee and dumped in an envelope of instant cocoa. VOILA.

i continued on with my delicious hot drink into my early years in the army. As a bored and freezing young PFC out in the field, I'd dump my coffee packet and my cocoa packets into my hot drink cup and add hot water, and would get many 'Oooos' and 'Ahhhhs'. Many others tried it and liked it.

And so, being the RIGHTFUL owner of this creation, I am going to court to force the world to AT LEAST call it by it's proper name; the name I gave it somewhere back in 1990: 'Coffocoa'.



how about you? What's your invention that is making someone else a millionaire?

~Jaye
Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

[i1tojump 0]

I thought of "Internet Gambling" way back when the internet was just becoming mainstream. I am talking back when the 14.4 modem was the fastest thing out. I told my Dad about the idea and he said I was crazy and it could never be done because of the laws and restrictions. He was a Cop and I let the idea go thinking he knew best. Oh well, life goes on. But, I sure could have stood being a rich son of a Bitch right now though.

[ACMESkydiver 0]

I have another PERFECT idea for the internet, but i have no idea how to implement it.


And I'm NOT TELLING ANYONE!!

~Jaye
Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

[livendive 8]

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I invented 'the mocha'. Yes. As a young teen, I was FREEZING in the rare Seattle snow, and needed the caffeine of coffee, but craved the warm chocolate in cocoa. So I took my cup of coffee and dumped in an envelope of instant cocoa. VOILA

Um, unless you're really old, I think mocha goes back a bit farther than your teenage years.

Blues,
Dave

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[Cornholio 0]

Porn. Yeah, you heard me.

About 7-8 years ago, my roommate and I were discussing possible business ventures we'd like to pursue. We came up with the idea of starting our own porn production company. Back then, we didn't even think about videos and distribution, but we just knew that if we started advertising in the paper for models and doing photo shoots, then uploading them to the Internet, we'd make some cash. We even had a name for our company - ATP = Air Tight Productions. But back then porn wasn't as mainstream as it is now, and our parent and friends would have disowned us - so we decided to go into IT instead.

We'd be filthy rich by now if we had actually went through with it.

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Beavis: Yeah! Yeah! Cool!
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[LisaM 0]

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I have another PERFECT idea for the internet, but i have no idea how to implement it.


And I'm NOT TELLING ANYONE!!

Don't tell!

I have been working on a project which I let slip to the back burner. Got back into it hard a few weeks ago to find out TODAY it's been done. I am still gonna try.... mine will be bette!

~ Lisa
~ Do you Rigminder?

[MF42 0]

I thought of this wrench design two weeks before they appeared on the market.

I think I deserve some credit and some cash.

Matt

[Twoply 0]

When you run your dryer, all that heat is wasted when piped outside. I came up with a simple vavle system that would deflect the air inside to help heat/ humidify my house in the winter. I went to Home depot last year and right on the fucking shelf was my idea already patented and being sold as a new item.

yes I bought one.

[aprilcat 0]

I should be getting paid for the game 'The Sims'.

My son reminds me ALL the time that I used to (bitch) that 'one day you'll all be sitting on your a$$e$ playing a game about people just living a regular life.'

And don't get me started on the Wii games. Why stand there and play bowling? GO OUTSIDE, already!

I have to make up a game where you actually have to BE in the place you think you are. Maybe I'll call it 'Bowling' or something.~~April

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[jtval 0]

Way back, almost like 3 years now. I thought of putting the keys on akey board in the order they ar e in now.

I was like "Son of a bitch. those fuckers thought of every thing."

I am in the process of patenting an invention that will allow you to record any tv program you want; without being home to press record on the VCR.


I am SOOOO going to make some bank with this one.

I'm going to name it JTVR. My initials JTV and TVR (TV recorder) combined. It's simply brilliant.

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[ACMESkydiver 0]

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I invented 'the mocha'. Yes. As a young teen, I was FREEZING in the rare Seattle snow, and needed the caffeine of coffee, but craved the warm chocolate in cocoa. So I took my cup of coffee and dumped in an envelope of instant cocoa. VOILA

Um, unless you're really old, I think mocha goes back a bit farther than your teenage years.

Blues,
Dave

It was NOT a commercialized drink 15 years ago, I tell you! MY IDEA!!! I should have sold it for 10 cents per Starbucks cup sold for 15 years.

~Jaye
Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

[airtwardo 6]

Yogurt in a sock...


And meatloaf flavored ice cream!

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[cocheese 0]

The wake board. I invented it when i was about 12-13. in 1979. Before the snowboard was invented i think. My version was more narrow and made for a new way to slalom ski.

I also invented a knee board for snow. Complete with break away bar around the knees and snow brakes like skis have. Looks like a hydro-slide but for snow with sharp edges like a snow board. This one is still up for grabs folks.

[popsjumper 2]

Disposable gym shorts - never made it

Mini skirts - made it BIG

Cars that run on water - Stolen by Steven Hyde

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[jtval 0]

it hasn't happenedyet, but I want to bookmark This pagefor future reference

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[TrophyHusband 0]

when i was a kid, scooters with the 6-8 inch diameter tire were popular. i wanted to extend the axles of a skateboard and mount scooter tires on it. i would then put a couple straps to hold your feet on and then i would have an all terrain skateboard. i was too young to do it myself, and my dad wouldn't help me, so eventually someone else acually did it.

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[Guru312 0]

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how about you? What's your invention that is making someone else a millionaire?

Hmmm. How do I address this thread without killing the humor?

Dear Thread:

OK...OK...here's the deal. NEVER discuss a potential marketable idea with anyone without having them sign a NDA. Non-Disclosure Agreement. Even then the NDA is only as good as the amount of money you want to spend to litigate.

I have been an inventor since my teens. I've made enough from ideas to live, pay the rent and, for the most part, be very independent in my life style.

Although I have a few patents, they are meaningless. The determining factor for success is not the idea; it is market and marketing. The 'Idea' is the easy part.

The greatest inventor of all time, Thomas Edison, with 1000+ patents, is quoted as saying "Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration."

Have you ever heard of a Xerox machine? Well, the inventor of that indispensable device, Chester Carlson, spent 13 years in the process of getting someone to invest.

Imagine business today, world-wide, without a copying machine of the Xerox variety. Carlson couldn't convince anyone of the value in what he had. It took 13 years! In retrospect, it seems like 13 minutes would more than enough time.

My latest invention, a multi-player, on-line computer game and associated robotic vehicle system, is very impressive but nothing like a copying machine. I've been working/struggling/promoting it for over ten years. I'll be rich from it...eventually. I'm still perspiring from all the work involved.

Have you heard of the phrase "Location, location, location" in regard to making money in real estate?

The phrase for making money from your ideas as an inventor is "Marry someone with lots of money."

I haven't met her yet...still looking.

Guru312

I am not DB Cooper