She's Ingenious! have done us proud

Wow!!!

What a totally fab write up from Cally Robson at She's Ingenious!

Cally kindly asked both Tilly and myself to do a presentation... 'Launching A Baby Product With A Bang!' at The British Library last month and the recording is live on the She's Ingenious! website together with notes and powerpoint presentation. We basically talked about our 2 very different routes to market and the pitfalls we had encountered along the way... in fact I'm still encountering my fair share with easidream®!

It was great to take part in the event and both Tilly, aka The Wean Machine and I really enjoyed it. We hope that we have managed to help the 25 or so attendees (who were, in fact, a great bunch of people... budding entrepreneurs and inventors) in some small way and we both look forward very much to taking part in another presentation.

I would also just like to say that Cally has produced a fantastically inspiring website, where she not only offers help to budding inventors out there, but also provides constructive assistance by way of webinars, a forum and coaching. It truly is a fab website and well worth a visit.

Well done Cally!!

The nifty fifty...

The BFIIN awards, organised by Bola Olabisi, were absolutely fantastic. Fifty great women inventors all under one roof... what more could you want?!!

The range of inventions on show were amazing. I was alongside Sharon Wright who has invented MagnaMole, an ingenious device for enabling cables to be threaded easily through cavity walls and Emilienne Rebel, who had designed a stunning range of hats, Bold Beanies, for people with hair loss. Close by was Cally Robson, who has launched an innovative website, She's Ingenious!, aimed at coaching and supporting women with new product ideas and inventions. Their websites are definitely worth checking out as they are truly inspirational ladies.

The evening awards gala was a fabulous spectacle and I was honoured with a Special Recognition Award for easidream, which is superb.

The overall winner was Denise Anstey with Slik Stick, a revolutionary new concept based around the idea of a walking stick. Denise can be seen in the photo receiving her award from Bola....well done Denise!

I came away from Cardiff totally inspired, re-energised and buzzing with positive energy. I can't wait to get back to work on easidream and I have a whole host of new people I can now call on for help and advice.

Thank you Bola.