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Self-funding would be my first choice. I would take out a 2nd on my home to get things rolling but, unfortunately, I owe more on my home than it's worth (as do so many others in the area these days). I approached an engineering firm regarding development of a prototype with which a I could seek VC. They estimate that it will take $100K-$125K to develop a working prototype. Thus I'm stuck. Oh well.

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I had an idea a couple years ago that cried out for development and actually got the point of hiring a patent attorney to do a patent search and potentially file for a patent or patents. Everyone I described the idea to was very enthusiastic about it but I ran out of money, after borrowing all I could from friends and had to stop pursuing the idea. If I could afford to quit my job and spend my time networking and looking for funding I could probably make a go of it. But I have no doubt that I'd lose my house and my family would starve before I got anywhere with it. How does one develop a new concept or product on little or no budget while still retaining some level of control? A business plan is I have, but I've been hesitant to approach VC firms because of those concerns.

Thanks! Great show!

Charles

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I'm leaning towards Obama and I've noticed something (new) about the mainstream media that's really been bothering me. No one is saying what the delegate count from last night alone is. If Obama has as much momentum as seemed to have going into "Super Tuesday" this seems likely to undermine or at least dull that momentum. The extremes range from CNN where they seem to adding the super-delegates as well as Florida(!) and Michigan(!) into the count to the NYT website which isn't listing any delegates that aren't definitive. Did Obama or Hilary get the majority of delegates from last night? Does anyone know?

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