This is often how inventors are perceived. As slightly odd people, trying to solve slightly odd problems. Yet our prosperity
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Childhood heros
Yes from when I was about 6 years of age, Guust is one of my greatest childhood heros. Guust had
Continue readingWhy do startups fail?
About two years ago, CB-insights published a research on why tech startups fail. They interviewed 102 startups that stopped operations,
Continue readingKnow how and trade secrets
An alternative to patent protection is keeping everything secret. For products that may not be the best protection. Yet, specific
Continue readingWhat would Apple be without patents?
Maybe a fruit selling company? Would it still exist at all? Leave your thoughts in the comments!
Continue readingIn which innovation to invest?
The chances that you find a commercially successful technology by randomly picking a patent from say the Espacenet database of
Continue readingHoover board!
The first hoover board was shown in Back to the future, in the 1980ies. It was a skate board without
Continue readingRevenge of the wind?
Wind as power source died around 1911, when fossil fuels took over….. Around 1911, in the Netherlands we have reached
Continue readingShould your invention solve intricate problems?
Sometimes, you may think that inventions have to be very special, complex and/or solve intricate problems. Well in the light
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