Inside the mind of a Crazy (rich) inventor... Scott Jones...

Scott Jones thinks up more ideas in a month than most folks do in a lifetime. Find out how he makes them pay...

Checkout his slide staircase in his house and his bike as he scans data from eight computer screens...

Great continuing story and Fun read... Don't miss a link...

You just might Get a few Brainstorming ideas & Learn a thing or two...

Never give up
Scott Jones doesn't let past misses impede future hits...
http://money.cnn.com/2007/10/08/smbu...ion=2007101111

http://www.scottajones.com/
http://www.scottajones.com/index.php...neur_resources

Phil

Phil Thanks for the link to this story. FASCINATING!

I had never heard of this guy before. He's brilliant. I like this quote about his first company he started fresh out of college...

Excerpt:

"The new company that Jones and Carr launched, Boston Technologies, pitched the Baby Bells a product that promised to handle 20 times the call volume of their existing systems, guaranteed 99.998% reliability, and would be delivered in three months at roughly the same cost. Bell Atlantic took them up on the offer. There was just one problem: Their product didn't exist. "Not yet," as Jones likes to say.

"You have to be completely nuts to be as young as we were and say, 'We're going to make a major change to the public telecom system,'" recalls Carr, 47, by phone from Mozambique, where he's making philanthropic investments. "I give Scott a lot of credit for bravery." Jones barely left the office for three months, sleeping under his desk - when he slept at all. But he delivered. In 1998, with revenues up to $105 million, Boston Technologies merged with Comverse and took its name."

How often have we seen businessmen selling something which doesn't exist yet?? Then making a fortune on it.

Thanks Phil my minds a blazin' with ideas from this one.

Originally Posted by Phil

Scott Jones thinks up more ideas in a month than most folks do in a lifetime. Find out how he makes them pay...

Checkout his slide staircase in his house and his bike as he scans data from eight computer screens...

Great continuing story and Fun read... Don't miss a link...

You just might Get a few Brainstorming ideas & Learn a thing or two...

Never give up
Scott Jones doesn't let past misses impede future hits...
http://money.cnn.com/2007/10/08/smbu...ion=2007101111

http://www.scottajones.com/
http://www.scottajones.com/index.php...neur_resources

Phil

[Dien Rice]

Originally Posted by Duane Adolph

Phil Thanks for the link to this story. FASCINATING!

I had never heard of this guy before. He's brilliant. I like this quote about his first company he started fresh out of college...

Excerpt:

"The new company that Jones and Carr launched, Boston Technologies, pitched the Baby Bells a product that promised to handle 20 times the call volume of their existing systems, guaranteed 99.998% reliability, and would be delivered in three months at roughly the same cost. Bell Atlantic took them up on the offer. There was just one problem: Their product didn't exist. "Not yet," as Jones likes to say.

"You have to be completely nuts to be as young as we were and say, 'We're going to make a major change to the public telecom system,'" recalls Carr, 47, by phone from Mozambique, where he's making philanthropic investments. "I give Scott a lot of credit for bravery." Jones barely left the office for three months, sleeping under his desk - when he slept at all. But he delivered. In 1998, with revenues up to $105 million, Boston Technologies merged with Comverse and took its name."

How often have we seen businessmen selling something which doesn't exist yet?? Then making a fortune on it.

Thanks Phil my minds a blazin' with ideas from this one.

Thanks Phil - I agree with Duane, it was fascinating!

And thanks too Duane for highlighting that - that little detail passed my notice. But I agree, it's very important!

You CAN sell a product BEFORE it exists. Why is that important?

Because it means you can start making money without much capital!

Many people say - "Oh, if only I had a little money - man, I'd use that to get rich!" But - there are people who manage to get started with little capital. (I just wrote a "SeedZine" issue on this, for those who are signed up to it.)

Thanks again Duane...

Cheers,

Dien