Simply put, xTechSearch gives me renewed faith in the Army and DoD. The program makes me think that future startups with bold new ideas will be treated as productive US Citizens rather than as nearly Terrorists from some non-friendly country to the US. Because, that’s how I felt when IRead More…
Category: Business
Yes, ANY Material
So many prospective customers always ask me, “What can you make the zipper out of?” I always answer, “Any material.” There are materials that we’ve already made closures out of and materials that we haven’t made closures out of…yet. And, yes, we probably could make a closure out of staleRead More…
Little But Mighty
The power of standardization is that ZS closures are ALWAYS air-tight, water-tight, and gas-tight no matter their size. The shape is constant. The only difference is the dimensions of the shape. The ZS closure can be smaller, larger, or the same size as an old-fashioned closure…such as aRead More…
Small Business SBIR Advice
NSRDEC (AND OTHER GOVERNMENT) PROCUREMENT AND RESEARCHERS ARE TRAINED TO STEAL FROM YOU Hear a Natick army employee tell exactly how that happens: https://jgpis.org/podcast/let-their-own-words-condemn-them/ OR https://clyp.it/qku4bvyd Straight from the source. Note: If it’s not dual use, then you’re screwed. ITAR/EAR is nothing to mess with. The military has an even betterRead More…
Donald Trump, Make American Great Again for Inventors
One of my comrades named Wes Schneider invented what is now known as the Camelbak drinking system: https://www.camelbak.com Hear his words. Realize he is a human being just like you. He was trying to save lives and basically lost his in the process. Here is his IP: https://patents.justia.com/inventor/wesley-schneider Natick hasRead More…
The 3rd Alternative in Zippers
Before I created the Zipr Shift zipper, there were only TWO kinds of zipper. FIRST A rigid, interlocking toothed/coil fastener. OR SECOND A soft, flexible interlocking profile zip track. That’s it! You had two options. The zip track is used exclusively in packaging. And, the toothed fastener is usedRead More…
Sovereign Immunity & Government Contracting
Let it be known that I am 100% willing to work with the government (DoD agencies and others) in order to get my product to them. I’d like to produce it for the government as the sole source contractor as it is proprietary to me. But, I really don’t careRead More…
Innovation is NOT World Charity
Inventors are the bottom of the food chain and we’re going to go extinct if U.S. IP laws don’t change. From my point of view, all my competitors have given is…nothing. They have thousands of patents in their patent portfolios and most of them are invalid iterations in lieu ofRead More…
A Year Ago…
I soft-launched the closure. Public disclosure website debut. A lot happened last year. Hopefully a lot happens this year. And, hopefully more good things than happened last year. I’m optimistic.
Submit an Idea…
DON’T DO IT INVENTORS! Not if it’s to a direct competitor. Only do it if it’s for a company that can use your product on their products thus replacing a competitor’s product with your product. This way, they don’t really care who they source from because you aren’t trying toRead More…