Ep32 - Connie Inukai Talks Becoming An Inventor After Retirement

Episode Thirty Two Features Connie Inukai Talking About Becoming An Inventor After Retirement

My Key Takeaways:

Connie was a great guest and another example of someone who invented a product to solve an issue that she herself was having.  She hated not being able to see the receipts in dimly lit restaurants so she invented the Tip&Split to overcome that issue.

 

In this episode Connie shares:

• Why she retired from teaching Technical Writing and how it helped her in the creation process.
  
  How her ex husband assisted in the Tip&Split's creation with supplying the drawings as well as the algorithms it used.
  
  How much prior inventing experience that she had.
  
  The benefits of drinking of being in an Inventors Group and how she met Stephen Key.
  
  The manufacturing woes that she had and how it almost cost her a chance to have her product on QVC.
  
  How much excess inventory she had to have for shows like QVC and The View.
  
  That she perceives the market for products geared towards older consumers is underserved.
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  How she wanted to manufacture her product in America but could not find a suitable electronics manufacturer.
  
  What her new product, Write Your Selfie, is about and how it can improve your families history.
  
  Why she put the Tip&Split on hold during the majority of the Covid-19 pandemic.

To learn more about Connie, her website is Grandmapreneurinventor | Reinventing Yourself in Retirement and she can be found on LinkedIn, FaceBook, and YouTube as well.  

Next week we'll have on April Mitchell talking about  how she has created multiple products and the processes that she uses to license them. I'd also like to take this opportunity to wish everyone out there a Merry Christmas   Be sure to hit subscribe in your podcast app so that you don't miss it or any other episodes.

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