Hello From Vee-Go
from IHub:
I think this situation is getting more exciting and interesting as time goes on. As an inventor, I believe the journey along the path of invention is as important as the invention itself. It is this path that separates the less committed from the fearless. In my opinion, no fearful person, ever invented anything of great significance. Fearlessness, an indomitable attitude, and absolute faith are essential to overcome all that will hinder an inventor who is on a path to the creation of something truly significant and even world changing. Continuous hard work, numerous set-backs, unending sacrifice, isolation, several disappointments for every success, and even attacks are assured. To survive and succeed one must even learn to thrive on ambiguity and adversity.
This is why this point of the journey is so meaningful. It is a testament to one man’s refusal to give up the dream by retreating. It is about the power of the human spirit. Having experienced it myself in my past, I feel privileged to witness and to be a small part of it. It is one of the two most exciting paths on the road to innovation that I have ever personally observed.
I can’t imagine walking a month in John’s shoes, and based on what I read on this board, there are some, the most vocal at times, who couldn’t walk in his shoes for a day. If you are in it for a quick buck, I can understand, but do not sympathize, with your impatience. For the others, enjoy the ride, it can become a fantastic success at any time and with no advance notice as it did with a Woburn, Massachusetts inventor I recently read about.
He was one of those guys who people told you to steer clear of. He was working in the area of materials science. It seems he had an idea that he could perfect a process that would allow him to saturate and coat fabrics with a hot substance that, upon cooling, would impart extraordinary characteristics to the fabric. It would, this inventor claimed, make virtually any fabric very strong, and puncture resistant, among other desirable characteristics.
There were times that he did not have all the answers he needed to overcome the problems he was experiencing in developing his miracle coating. One problem was that after applying the hot liquid and allowing it to cool, it was very susceptible to variations in temperature. In the summertime, the heat caused the coating to get soft, sticky, and very smelly. In the winter, it was became brittle and would crack. However, the inventor knew with all his heart that he could solve the problems and perfect his coating and develop a product that could change the world.
Unfortunately the path to success was fraught with many dangers of the unknown. Things he hoped would occur often did not. He didn’t fully understand the science of his endeavor, however, his sheer tenacity, faith, optimism, and desire to create a world-changing technology drove him unceasingly forward. That, in itself, was very admirable, however, many of the folks around him thought him very weird, a liar, and a thief. He was branded a nut. He thought nothing about walking around stinking from wearing coveralls he made during his tests to perfect his odorous coating. He spent every dime he had, and placed his invention before everything, including his family, who lost homes and were cast into poverty. He’d borrowed as much from his friends as he could. They finally turned their backs on him. He was even jailed two or three times for not meeting his obligations to creditors. On top of this, there were industrial forces bent on destroying him and capitalizing on his work. Despite this, he never gave up his quest.
Then one evening in Woburn, Massachusetts, while working on another version of his coating, he accidentally spilled the liquid on the very hot surface of a stove. He removed it as soon as he could, but not before the heat created a chemical reaction within the coating. Later examination revealed that the unexpected chemical reaction had imparted the qualities to the fabric that the inventor had sacrificed so much to achieve. And so it was; Charles Goodyear had finally invented the process to vulcanize rubber, and he did indeed change the world. And you now know the rest of the story.
Enjoy the ride, wherever it leads.
Michael Garjian, CEO
Vee-Go Energy
siliconinvestor.com
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