Reducing Barriers to Entrepreneurship

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  Business Planning Wizard pulls in relevant data (census, patents

  I want to emphasize the need for web-based apps (or offline programs) which seamlessly allow entrepreneurs to bring ideas to fruition. From initial concept all the way to manufacturing, programming, financing, etc. We need to tap our collective brilliance while ensuring that those with brilliant ideas are protected/rewarded accordingly and, if needed, are guided through the development process effectively, efficiently, ...more »

  I want to emphasize the need for web-based apps (or offline programs) which seamlessly allow entrepreneurs to bring ideas to fruition. From initial concept all the way to manufacturing, programming, financing, etc. We need to tap our collective brilliance while ensuring that those with brilliant ideas are protected/rewarded accordingly and, if needed, are guided through the development process effectively, efficiently, and interactively. Think of a business planning wizard on steroids. Pulling in statistics from the USPTO Patents Prior Art, Current News (Google Alerts), the Census (market demographics), etc. - a finely tuned program geared towards bubbling up the best new ideas and making them a reality today. We should really be running this country with precision and promoting entrepreneurs who have viable ideas. Now!

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  Submitted by gregorypeterfrancis 2 years ago

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  National New Business & Job Creation Network

  Consolidate all the best ideas as well as all the orgnanizations who are engaged in economic development across the country into a single national network of collaborators who are all linked together by a single web site that is establish as the national eco-system for entrepreneurship and innovation.

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  Submitted by Gerard Peregrin 2 years ago

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  Let us vote (online) how to spend tax dollars and USPTO database

  Allow citizens to vote using the internet and thus make democracy a reality. Think of the 600 million Facebook users voting on issues in real-time. We could move forward instead of stagnating. We could also fire all of our 'representatives' on capital hill. At least use the power of instant communications/feedback to gauge what people want to do with tax dollars. How about letting us see exactly (itemized) how are tax ...more »

  Allow citizens to vote using the internet and thus make democracy a reality. Think of the 600 million Facebook users voting on issues in real-time. We could move forward instead of stagnating. We could also fire all of our 'representatives' on capital hill. At least use the power of instant communications/feedback to gauge what people want to do with tax dollars. How about letting us see exactly (itemized) how are tax dollars are being spent and let us choose from options/programs that we would like to vote up. Like Ideascale on a grand-scale. How about closing down the USPTO and letting people submit ideas/inventions into an encrypted database. Think of how many ideas are lost due to our failed patent/copyright protection/granting system. How about using the keywords associated with said inventions/ideas to refine a database of relevant content/info which will help said idea to emerge from the masses. Such as the inventions industry and potential for success can all be deduced by a computer program. For example, if I invent a new exercise ball and submit my provisional patent (with keywords), the program uses those keywords to determine the industry (if I haven't already selected this from a drop-down menu), then the industry statistics like market growth, size, etc. can help determine the viability/profitability of the invention. Also, you could retrieve associated inventions/prior-art so that a more efficient patent search can be done. There is much room for improvement and reduction of the bottlenecks to innovation and economic growth due to our ridiculous USPTO and lack of really usable tools and information for entrepreneurs without capital/resources. Does anyone with power actually read these ideas anyway? We could harness ideas and make them reality nearly instantly. World changing ideas and business models are waiting to be found! There are a lot of dudes in garages right now in the US who will never see the light of day unless we do something soon. Peace to Obama.

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  Submitted by gregorypeterfrancis 2 years ago

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  Better than "Patent Reform"

  Rather than completely rebuilding the Patent System... reinstate a version of The Disclosure Document Program with information to be kept Confidential by the USPTO but to be accessed as evidence of Date of Invention if needed. Keep electronic files Indefinately. I actually have a more thorough explanation but this is a simple, cost effective, way to address some of the issues brought up by Internation Mega-Corporations ...more »

  Rather than completely rebuilding the Patent System... reinstate a version of The Disclosure Document Program with information to be kept Confidential by the USPTO but to be accessed as evidence of Date of Invention if needed. Keep electronic files Indefinately.

  I actually have a more thorough explanation but this is a simple, cost effective, way to address some of the issues brought up by Internation Mega-Corporations that claiming they can't compete with Garage Inventor fairly.

  Submitting $15,000 patents, which may evolve and require additional submittals, just to get a Set Date is Inefficient, Ineffective, will cause additional backlog at the USPTO, and is Wasteful for Everyone!

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  Submitted by Arthur Blair 2 years ago

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