Meghan Wolfgram is probably the most incredible woman that I have ever stumbled upon. Fresh out of University, she started a company based on her invention that has gone viral in the past few years. This is like … Every Inventors Dream !!! So how did she do it?
Ever hear of Lure Coursing? Me neither, but here is where her passion begun. It is a competition sport for dogs which began as an alternative to chasing rabbits. A lure (which use to be a plastic shopping bag) is tied to a cord which drags it just out of the dogs’ reach and the dogs try to catch it.
Meghan wanted to buy a machine for her dog but they were too expensive. So she and her dad built their own. One thing lead to another and she started selling her invention , Swiftpaws https://swiftpaws.com/ , as a commercially-built alternative for professional lure coursing. Skip ahead 6 years and her Kick Starter campaign raised $70,000.00 to lunch their first consumer version of the product. Three years later, she ran an Indiegogo campaign to launch HomePlus, with a goal of $25,000.00 which, 30 days later raised $130,840.00. She was then one of 23 finalists for the 2021 Florida Venture Forum’s Early Stage Capital Conference. That is where I found her.
Little did I know at that time that she has become a legend in Lure Coursing as can be seen in this video by the American Kennel Club’s Fastest Dog Competition https://bit.ly/3JIcbw6 .
The most recent news is her SharkTank episode that aired on 4/8/22. She must have done well because she ran a viewing party at “…one of (her) favorite places on earth, Groundswell Startups!” This, I soon learned, is an incredible resource for startups. It sounds like a team effort, building prototypes, developing business plans, helping each other doing all sorts of stuff.
I thought that I was well versed in getting from point A to point Z in the world of inventing but doing research for her flyer made me realize that, “There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, / then are dreamt of in …” my little world.
That’s why, I can’t wait to hear her story, learn specifics as to how she went from concept to Shooting Star. If you ever want to go from dreaming about success to actually achieving it you need to hear this presentation for yourself.
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