Rhode Island Auditions

by **ideagirl** » Sat May 17, 2008 3:04 pm

by ideagirl » Sat May 17, 2008 3:04 pm

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Having a great time in Providence. Got to have dinner with citizen.
Chatted with lots of people today as I went thru the process. Showed my 2nd invention and made it thru. Judges gave me 3 yeses out of 3. It was just as much fun as Dallas. So I just have to wait- but at least I have 2 ideas the are under final consideration, and I got great exposure with the retailers. And yes Michelle, I talked about Inventorspot to other inventors!

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by **Michelle** » Sun May 18, 2008 5:53 am

by Michelle » Sun May 18, 2008 5:53 am

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Hi IdeaGirl:

Thanks for the update.
Thanks for chatting us up.
Congrats for doing so great. I am keeping the fingers crossed for you.

Michelle

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by **Michelle** » Sun May 18, 2008 5:56 am

by Michelle » Sun May 18, 2008 5:56 am

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citizen wrote:well...I didnt' make it past the screeners, but know some people who did, but I'll let them announce their own good news.

The process was still a great one and would do it all over again...and will next year.

I gave myself the ride home to "mourn", lol and now i'm more determined to either make this idea work, or find one that will.

Jason

Hey Jason:

Sorry it did not work out this time.

I congratulate you for trying. Most of us never have the guts or the energy to go for it and you did.

I don't know what your idea was and what the comments were, but the really successful inventors keep the ideas coming and look for new opportunities.

Be brutal in evaluating your invention again after this feedback, and if it really is a winner, don't let this stop you.

Michelle

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by **Average Inventor** » Sun May 18, 2008 6:47 am

by Average Inventor » Sun May 18, 2008 6:47 am

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I'm still on my way home but the auditions went well. One of my ideas made it to final consideration and got 3 out of 3 yes votes from the judges. It was really nice to meet and hang out with ideagirl and citizen. The staff was great and I was able to check out some of the speakers this time so I really am glad I made the trip.

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by **AustinAng** » Mon May 19, 2008 10:18 am

Rhode Island Auditions

by AustinAng » Mon May 19, 2008 10:18 am

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Things went well in RI but our product didnt make it through to the finals. That said, I thought it was a great expereince and I really enjoyed all the people that I met. It was obvious how smart and positive most of the people in the room were and I realized how much fun it would be if more people were like the "everyday Edison" type of people.

Good luck to everyone who is in the finals -

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by **Tertioptus** » Mon May 19, 2008 11:21 am

Pass Ratio

by Tertioptus » Mon May 19, 2008 11:21 am

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Does anyone have an idea of how many people passed the screening and was successful with the judges?

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by **AustinAng** » Mon May 19, 2008 11:41 am

Results Room

by AustinAng » Mon May 19, 2008 11:41 am

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As of about 2pm the guy in the results room said that only about 30 people had made it through to the judges. I saw several people that didnt get the 2 judges votes they needed to stay in the running.

He also said that they thought they would have about 50-60 total that they would be looking at for finals...seems like a pretty small number but I guess that's what happens when you have to get it down to 12...

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by **DCinNC** » Mon May 19, 2008 11:44 am

by DCinNC » Mon May 19, 2008 11:44 am

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Over a hundred and twenty made it filming.

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by **Average Inventor** » Mon May 19, 2008 11:58 am

by Average Inventor » Mon May 19, 2008 11:58 am

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DCinNC wrote:Over a hundred and twenty made it filming.

Of that number I would guess 35-40% made it to final consideration = 42-48 people. My estimate for all 6 cities combined would be 260-300 and from there 5% are inventors with multiple ideas (I would highly doubt they would pick 2 inventions from one inventor for the show) so that knocks it down to 247-285 ideas. Then they will, and have knocked out some for patentability issues along the way and before they further weed down the ideas so let's say that's 10% of what left. Based on those approximations there will be 223-256 inventions for them to sort through and determine which ones they feel with best fit the show. Hopefully this helps people get a better grasp of the chances.

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