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Dave.F

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I was contacted by Sky TV back in April this year they are filming a series called ”Mother of Invention”

Here is some of the contents from their email:

Dear David,

I am a Assistant Producer at XXXXX. We are an established TV company who produce a range of shows such as Derren Brown for Channel 4 and The Cube for ITV.

I am currently working on a brand new ground-breaking 8-part series for Sky which will feature inventors who have struggled with the realisation of their invention. I have come across your patent for Swim Goggle Tension Gauge in the patent library. It seems very interesting and an innovative product and I would love to speak to you about it to find out if you have made it to market yet with this.

The programme is called The Mother of Invention. It is to be hosted by two successful innovator-entrepreneurs in search of great undiscovered inventions. We plan to give these inventions the platform they so rightfully deserve.

We’re looking for great ideas that have been patented but haven’t got off the ground. We’ll need about 30 great inventions for the series. Our aim is to approach the people who came up with the idea and work with them to achieve their, sometimes hidden, potential. We want to turn a brilliant idea on paper into a commercial proposition, and change lives in the process.
From a bit of research I found you have developed numerous products under the Swimglow range so it would be great to speak to you about your inventing background, how you have found getting your products to market and where you are at with the tension device.

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Lets hope it is going to be better than "Be Your Own Boss"
 
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10032012

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Sounds interesting, however, these companies work on "projects" and usually are not set in stone. Usually have researchers working, then when approval hasn't been made from those at the top... they pull the project, which can end up in a complete waste of your time. I would say only 1 in 5 projects (as I call them) make it to TV... the rest disappear.
 
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Sky Atlantic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sky Atlantic is a television channel owned by British Sky Broadcasting, which launched on 1 February 2011 on Sky in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Not what I said...

Programming

Sky Atlantic relies heavily on screenings of US television programmes, with 40% of all programming coming from HBO.[13] Although the channel mainly screens dramas, there are blocks in the schedule dedicated to comedies, movies and a showcase of content from Sky Arts.[14][15] Sky have also committed to commission at least six UK programmes per year for the channel.[16]

The launch of Sky Atlantic followed the broadcaster's £150m,[17] five-year deal to snap up the exclusive UK and Irish TV rights to HBO's entire archive, new HBO programming and a first-look deal on all co-productions.

From the same link.
 
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10032012

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Yeah, the other Richard was there again. It was so painful to watch.

The show confessed Smoothie man has an alcohol problem.... the healthy juice is a front, we all know he wanders across the road to the pub when he is considering investing or not.
 
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Dave.F

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Healthier wine = Nice idea but they were hopeless they even had to change their name from skinny vines to golightlywines:rolleyes:

Moveable playpen = I am not sure who was more awkward to watch her or Branson?

Recycled bags = 2 million valuation on recycled cement bags into bags....people seemed to buy them thou....:|
 
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10032012

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Healthier wine = Nice idea but they were hopeless they even had to change their name from skinny vines to golightlywines:rolleyes:

Moveable playpen = I am not sure who was more awkward to watch her or Branson?

Recycled bags = 2 million valuation on recycled cement bags into bags....people seemed to buy them thou....:|
Very DD-like there. No one else had such discussion and valuation throughout the entire series (only 6 episodes). In reality, the recycled cement bag business has no value and will never have any value beyond cash and assets (such as IPR).
 
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10032012

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They left it as that. Even DD has follow up programmes. This wont.

I watched it through from start to end of the series because I was bored. After watching the first one, I wouldn't have watched the rest. I like to see what people are doing to make money.
 
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They left it as that. Even DD has follow up programmes. This wont.

I watched it through from start to end of the series because I was bored. After watching the first one, I wouldn't have watched the rest. I like to see what people are doing to make money.

Lol! I thought that seed capital bit was just the start. So he's invested up to £5k in a whole load of businesses and that's it. Wow.:rolleyes:
 
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