The Inventor's Mind

We are good friends with our fellow inventors at Edison Nation, (www.edisonnation.com), who conduct live product and invention searches to find new ideas for corporations to pursue. They also recently launched a $25 Million Innovation Fund. This fund is going to be used to invest in high potential inventions and patents with funding up to $250,000 per invention, in order to prepare them for market. This money will be spent on R&D, engineering, patent and IP protection, and marketing materials. The Fund is sure to be an exciting opportunity for those who make it in.

We are extremely pleased to be able to announce that one of our inventors, Trevis Kurz, has had his invention (which we helped him develop and patent) selected to move forward in the Edison Nation Innovation Fund. Trevis’s already well-developed invention will get even closer to a production ready design, as well as a great boost from Edison Nation’s high profile. Trident Design will be there along the way, working with their team to perfect the device and bring it to market.

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Although every one of us interact with plastic on a daily basis very few people consider that there is a whole world out their surrounding the plastic industry. Industry professionals who have a need to know the ins and outs of all things plastic related turn to the monthly periodical, Plastics News. Plastics News focuses on commercial, financial, legislative and market-related developments worldwide that affect North American plastic product manufacturers, their suppliers and customers.

Based off our successful licensing of the Trident invented Scriptsafe (which securely protects prescription medicine from unauthorized use)to Flambeau (one of the United States largest manufacturers of plastic cases and boxes.) Plastics News recently published an article about Trident Design and Chris Hawker our president. We here at Trident incorporate the use of plastic into almost every single one of the products we develop. Plastic is the most easy, affordable and moldable substance to work with and is a very crucial element in our product development process. Besides what they say that any press is good press, this is just a really nice article about Chris, Trident, and some of the things we have accomplished. Here is the link to the article, feel free to check it out.

For Trident founder, its all about the fips

-Nile

Business First

This totally slipped my mind and fell into the cracks but i think its important enough to mention even at this late date.  It is a really cool article titled “Follow the fun” about Chris.  The Columbus edition of Business First the premier periodical covering local,national, and international business and businesses has used one of Chris’s cool and innovative jobs as one of their front page stories.  The interview took place about two months ago and was set up by the hardest working marketing assistant in the world (me).  They followed up a few weeks ago to snap a couple of photos of Chris sporting some Onion Goggles, and the rest is history.  The issue printed on the 15TH of April, which was also my birthday and is likely located in a store near you .  The article is great, it focuses on the importance of fun in the creative process. We slowly we are building awareness of Trident Design and what we are all about.  So if your interested grab a copy and  read up on us, or you can get a sneak peek at their website Follow The Fun article

-Nile

Chris and Al

Have you all watched this weeks Modern Family episode? It aired last night and is one of the biggest primetime shows running right now. The reason I ask is because they featured the Onion goggles in the opening scene. When I say they featured the product I don’t mean there was a pair on a shelf somewhere in the background, I mean not only did Al Bundy wear them but they tailored the whole scene around them. This is a totally organic occurrence, we didn’t have any influence over this they decided to run with this idea all on there, and Trident couldn’t be more happy about it. So if you havent seen the episode make sure you check it out here is a link to watch the show at ABC.com Onion Goggle Episode, and here’s a link to the clip of the scene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40P1mZBqUpM. Enjoy

-Nile

FYI The radio interview that Chris took part in on The Launch Hour Business Radio is up and available for listening. Follow the link to the Radio Interview press play and be inspired.

-Nile

How do you become a successful inventor? I’m not really sure. It’s definitely an extremely difficult question to answer. There are many variations, many different paths and they don’t all lead to success. In fact, most don’t lead you anywhere or take you on the scenic route. I tend to feel that unless you are extremely gifted or just really lucky you’re usually walking on the scenic route. It’s all part of the process, we all try to walk the line but it always seems easier to stray and only once you’ve strayed too far do you realize you’re going in the wrong direction. If you have the right attitude and the will to push on through you will eventually reach your destination. If you asked Chris this question he would tell you that “there are so many ways to approach success but the most solid and consistent approach is to stay focused and be genuine in your actions. Good marketing is key, but if you provide genuinely good content you will receive long term success.”

Chris has been asked to participate in an interview that will take place on the launch Hour, a weekly radio show for innovators, product developers & entrepreneurs. Hopefully the questions won’t be so deep and will have somewhat more of a straightforward answer; otherwise Chris will probably be sweating it out.   the launch hour podcast will air 2/24/2011.  To be honest Chris is an innovator, product developer, and entrepreneur so I’m sure he will be fine. As well as participating in the radio show/podcast Chris will be offering his knowledge in depth in monthly classes starting in April. Chris has decided to give back to the invention community with a series of informative classes using real world examples from his life and experiences. The intention is to prepare up and coming inventors for the realities of the business as well as encourage them to push as hard as they can.

-Nile

I hope everyone had a Merry Squidmas. I did! On Squidmas Eve I received an email from Woot!, who sends out a daily deal everyday, and they were offering PowerSquid. They have sold PowerSquid several times and it is always a big success. The daily deal goes on every day at midnight and they sold out of however many they had by 6 AM.

Accompanying the email was the most amazing poem, written by some genius over at Woot!. It is based on the Night Before Christmas. Follow this link to read it.