Summary: Turning serial ideas and inventions plus shitty job to play the bills into a revolutionary consumer products company...that's what Ryan Frayne did. Here's how seeking solutions and never being satisfied led to a breakthrough technology from an unlikely source and a startup that crushed it on Kickstarter.<br> <br> <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1484284472/windcatcher-inflates-in-seconds-with-no-power-or-p" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Windcatcher Kickstarter Campaign</a><br> [one-half-first] [/one-half-first][one-half]<a href="https://artofthekickstart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Windcatcher-Kickstarter-Stats.png"></a>[/one-half]<br> <br> [clear-line]<br> Success Quote<br> "There’s plenty of crappy jobs but you only have one life, make most out of it"<br> Key Crowdfunding Takeaways<br> <br> * Why you don't get lucky out of the gate and strategies to keep going<br> * How shitty day jobs can empower inventors to grow<br> * Why licensing's a terrible idea for product creators<br> * The reason Kickstarter crushes big companies for launching business<br> * Why trademarking in China can be a gamechanger<br> * One way to turn common issues into killer product idea...why entrepreneurs are efficient and lazy<br> * Why inventors can never be satisfied with a product<br> * The best strategy to vet product ideas<br> * How lean startups and putting products out there starts success<br> <br> Links<br> <br> * <a href="http://www.windcatchergear.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">windcatchergear.com</a><br> <br> [clear-line]<br> Books Mentioned<br> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1625274491/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1625274491&linkCode=as2&tag=artofthekic-20&linkId=WYNBKQLE5M7UOSNI" rel="nofollow">Blue Ocean Strategy, Expanded Edition: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant</a><br> <br> * <a href="https://twitter.com/WindcatcherGear" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@WindcatcherGear</a><br> * <a href="https://www.facebook.com/windcatchergear" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Windcatcher's Facebook</a><br> <br> Love the Show? Leave us a Review<br> <a href="http://bit.ly/1oYXnYw"></a><br> <br> <br> Our Sponsor<br> <br> * <a href="http://bit.ly/1lbn0dr">eFulFillment Service</a>: Want to get your rewards out to backers and eliminate the hassle of post-campaign shipping? EFS can help with tons of crowdfunding experience and special discounts for Art of the Kickstart listeners these guys are a great bet to help your business grow.<br>
