ABOUT US
Ever wake up in the middle of the night with the next Big Idea?
Like the next cool game for Xbox?
Or an episode idea for the TV show The Office?
Or a product to help prevent the transmission of the Bird Flu?
Or a song lyric for U2?
Or a way to stop global warming?
Or a great new coffee flavor for Starbucks?
Most of us are content to let these ideas slip away from us because we understand the difficulty of executing an idea. We don't know how to begin or where to go or because it would cost too much money to follow through.
How many of today's best inventions and ideas have been thought of a million times before by others? Each of us have had several world changing ideas over the course of a lifetime. If not world changing, we've definitely at least come up with a really good TV commercial spot or two. We just can't remember them because we do not always write them down.
What if there was some way to store and archive all these ideas when they happen?
- A place you could go to store and advertise your ideas for free.
- A place where you can solicit help from the public to help make your ideas into reality.
- A place you can go to browse ideas, rate other people's ideas, and have an opportunity to contact and interact with other people who have good ideas.
- A place companies and people can go to look for good ideas.
Welcome to IDEASXCHANGE.com
At IDEASXCHANGE you can:
1. Start a free account and archive and store your thoughts and ideas.
2. Advertise your ideas for free for all to see and rate.
3. Solicit help for you ideas.
4. Browse, search, and rate ideas of other individuals.
5. You may submit ideas that are new product inventions or just suggestions that can improve an item already available.
6. Discuss the merits of submitted ideas.
7. Target ideas to a particular individual or company.
HOW IT WORKS
The FIVE functions of IDEASXCHANGE include:
1. SUBMIT IDEAS
2. BROWSE IDEAS
3. RATE IDEAS
4. SEARCH IDEAS
5. DISCUSS IDEAS
SUBMIT IDEAS
1. Before submitting an idea, we recommend you perform a search to insure the
idea does not already exist. You may consider searching on Google, US Patent
Office Search, or this web site.
2. To submit an idea, include title and description of the idea. Hint: Keep title short
so the entire title can be read.
3. You may upload text, CAD, or image files that details your ideas concept.
4. Check only one idea type: Free vs Protected Idea.
Free Idea - Only a suggestion. Not intellectually protected. Not patented. Majority of these ideas will be suggestions to improve something already in the world or an idea the author does not wish to intellectually protect.
Protected Idea - An idea or product that is protected by U.S. or International Patnent, Copyright, or Trademark laws. These ideas have been accepted by entities such as the U.S Patent and Trademark Office and individuals have a specific patent or copryright number. Protected ideas published on this web site may seek aid in funding, manufacturing or commercialization.
5. Check box of what idea needs to make it a reality.
a. Does it need money/funding?
b. Does it need to be manufactured?
c. Does it need to be advertised/commercialized?
6. Enter who this idea is for or who can help with you idea. For example if you have come up with a song lyric that the band U2 can use, then submit it and under company put "U2". The idea will be archived for U2 and can be searched by all members including possible band member of U2 who may be looking for song lyric ideas. After 5 ideas are submitted to a paticular individual or company, IDEASXCHANGE will provide a link to that entity inviting them to come view all the ideas submitted by the public for them.
BROWSE IDEAS
1. Ideas can be quickly browsed by categories and subcategories.
2. Click on the left hand column to choose the category.
3. The tiles and brief synopsis of the in each category will be displayed. You may
choose to order ideas by newest date vs ranking.
4. You may click on each idea to view the entire idea including who its for and what
can be done to help the idea.
5. You may rate the idea.
6. You may contact the author.
7. You may discuss the idea.
RATE IDEAS
1. Each person will be asked to rate idea on a scale of 1-5. Consider the following
items when rating:
a. Overall
b. Originality
c. Feasibility
d. Potential impact on society
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