Even though I have been in business with Made in Santa Cruz for 15
years there is still so much to learn. In MISC I find that people are happier
that Bush is Gone and Obama is President, and totally dismayed that the
corruption of our financial leaders left families with broken homes and so
many suffering. Our National lending practices led the unequipped first time home buyer and the home owner who over refinanced their first home into a financial disaster by allowing the adjustable rate loans to dominate lending practices that left many in foreclosure and without a home.
I strongly recommend as part of the Transparency Act to be included:
*All first home loans of US Citizens that pay taxes, be refinanced by
the lending institutions now holding the loans.
*I propose that the U.S. Government pay the said difference to bring all
first home loans down to 4% interest across the board. That will enable
many more to purchase a home which will boost human moral and just
about wipe out foreclosure. It will also give each home owner the extra
money needed to stimulate the economy by refinancing the high adjustable
interest rates. This will get our cash flowing. Yes WE Can.
*I do not know what that amount is that I am asking the government to take
on but I am going to find out.
Best Regards,
Dohna Lee Dunderdale

I have an idea for a game show that I think is great and original. Need some advice about how to proceed. Who and how to present my idea without my idea being “borrowed”.

Thanks for doing “The Big Idea”. It motivates and inspires all of us.

Denise
California

Omar Chaparro
Weston Florida

I’m having withdraw symptoms! Unless I missed something announced on your show, I wasn’t aware you were on vacation from “THE BIG IDEA”………….Do hope it’s only temporary!

I’ve been wanting to contact you on every level, but have adopted this “no approach” way of thinking……….. “why would they contact me”? There is a good reason for this attitude. Whenever I’ve shared hundreds of my ideas with someone, they’ve had nothing but negative input! So, Donny, I guess you could say, I would duck and then run……………….

This is a New Year and I have a New Attitude, towards my creative abilities! I hide, no more. You have energized me more than I can state on here! Regardless the state of our economy, I have a genius idea, that I definitely feel now is the time to strike!

If it were at all possible to talk with you, I would think I was talking to my time twin………… When I watch and listen to every thing you say, it’s like a mirror image of myself! Honestly, Donny, you know what they say, like minds think alike, but of course!

My “invention/BIG IDEA” is based on advertising. In a massive, major moving, new wave media, super highway, via, “mobile view”……………That’s all I can give up at this time. If you do read your mail, and you have the time, time is what I have! If given the chance, on my brilliant idea (and I have had this one for nearly two years) this one alone, could restructure the whole advertising venue!

Here’s to our New Year, Donny, and to a new beginning for our economy. For this BIG IDEA will front many potential entrepreneurs the opportunity to own their own “piece of the pie”. I need the right people with the smarts to recognize, that this one could be the BIG ONE!

I anxiously await your response. If you/they like this IDEA, I have books full of more to come…….. Just to give you a little taste of previous thoughts/inventions/ideas……..now keep in mind ,I’m not a young one: Books on tapes when I was a young kid, no one wanted to listen to me……..”Craig’s List”, long ago I solicited that one, only in paper format. No go, and you know how that one played out for him! I could go on and on……. The one I initiated at one time, still hasn’t been done by anyone (it’s like a Goggle idea, and is also recession proof)……………

My “REAL” profession? Let’s say this, “I’ve worked with Donald Trump, his daughter, film stars, models, entertainers, etc………….as an artist, my creative mind never slows down, which I’ve been greatly rewarded! To be completely fulfilled, would be to meet with you Donny, my mentor…………..

Till our meeting, Shalom.
Sarah C. K.

I’m not here to ask you for money, I’m asking for protection & am looking for someone kind of like the guy who walks around with that big red umbrella on TV.

I am on the edge of exposing the world to the NEXT BIG IDEA, possibly eventually with your help. I often watch CNBC all day while working at home.
My first attempt to find you landed me here so I will continue until I reach you direct. BTW….great press shot for the xlnt article!

Below is written to help those who find you through this blog…..

What I have learned from my many fantastic mentors so far:

First: Anyone wanting to buy a patent: forget it. It is useless unless you can defend it. Anyone out there following Mattel Barbie vs. the MGA Bratt Dolls case? Truth and guidance on becoming a successful inventor is most concentrated on the National Inventors Fraud web site. Educate yourself. Allow 6 months minimum learning in this boot camp.

Second: Okay….convinced you have the next Million Dollar Idea? Make a sample, compile enough orders to interest partners who will then eventually make or break you. Note to self: Global out licensing steals your stuff and makes billions selling it back to major brands who already own the coveted shelf space you are dreaming about. Chin up…..with passion, preparation and luck (or what I like to call favor) you will succeed!

Third: Money=Power and Money is King (but you already knew that right?)

Fourth: Creative Content is the magic juice (the queen if you will) & invaluable to the market place. Sometimes even has the privilege to sit next to the King.

Last and most important: The road to transform your dream into reality can take a lifetime….be content during your journey.

P. S. To Neville Raymond’s earlier posting in this blog looking for the next step re: your game idea: My advice is to read the book Toy and Game Inventors Guide by Richard C Levy and Ron Weingarten. Then consider contacting Lynn @ Marra Design Associates to review your concept and possibly act as your agent. Tell her L. Dawn at Designdbl referred you. They are trustworthy and one of the best in the business.