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inflatable
I looked into it in the 1980s and determined that scope of it was beyond me.Here's a short list of the challenge:
1 Without standard,rationalized car design,one must engineer a unit for every vehicle.
2 That requires that you re-invent the wheel for every vehicle out there.
3 This requires an inordinate amount of capital.
4 Venture capitalists want patent protection before they'll risk their money.
5 Patents are very expensive,and are no protection against infringement unless you have $250,000 set aside ( cash) for each case,to prosecute.
6 The trials can take years.
7 Since you're attempting to create a market for something that has never existed,you have no guarantee that even if you produce the product,that anyone will purchase it.
8 If the 'market' doesn't purchase the product, you default on your leveraged operation,you file for bankruptcy,and disappear from the marketplace.
Many a soul has taken out a second mortgage to finance their dream,gambling the security of themselves and their family against an uncertain future.80% fail within the 1st three years.
To be pragmatic,if you want an inflatable unit for your vehicle,I suspect that you'll be left to your own devices.
Nobody is going to risk their future on you.
That said,if you approach a would-be entrepreneur with enough cold cash to make it worth their while,I'm sure they'll be happy to jump into production.Or do like Santo Island,Denmark,and simply get all your neighbors to go in on a CO-OP to produce for yourselves first,then after you're all satisfied,begin selling to the outside world having already recovered your full investment and retire on the income generated.
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