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Episode Forty Two Features Andrew Darlow Talking About Inventing.
My Key Takeaways:
Andrew Darlow was a great guy to interview and he has a very creative mind. He has been a successful Author, Photographer, and Inventor.
In this episode Andrew shares:
How his families businesses helped shape both his mindset as well as his interest in photography and typography.
That his families first Macintosh computer helped to reinforce his interest in fonts and typography.
Where he went as a foreign exchange student and how it impacted him culturally.
How his Dad first exposed him to the world of inventing and what he was able to glean from him.
The calamity that inspired him to develop his first invention, the Gallery Pouch.
What inspires him to create new products.
How Open Innovation has helped make getting his products into companies more accessible.
Why he resumed his education with InventRIght despite already having had a successful invention.
Why LinkedIn is such a key resource for Inventors and Product Developers.
How he uses regular Brick and Mortar retail outlets as inspiration for inventing.
How to approach being rejected when you submit a product and what followup questions to ask.
The meaning behind the hashtag #FirstDayLightCheck
The danger of being distracted by a smartphone while walking in a parking lot
To learn more about Andrew Darlow, his website is AndrewDarlow.com. He can be found on LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter, FaceBook, and most Social Media as well.
Following are links to his four books on Amazon:
301 Inkjet Tips and Techniques
Pet Photography 101 (pet photo tips)
Biscuit for Your Thoughts:
Focus and Filter:
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SHOW NOTES:
[00:00:00] Greg Mills: Our guest today is a New Jersey based photographer, consultant and inventor. Over the past 25 years, he has taught amateur and professional photographers, how to improve their photography, workflow, backups, and digital print output at conferences, industry events, and educational institutions, including the PhotoPlus expo DRL photo festival, Columbia university, and the international center of photography in new.
[00:00:28] Greg Mills: His articles and images have been included in many publications, books and TV programs, including animal planet, people magazine and CBS news. He's the editor of imaging, buffet.com and the author of four award-winning books, including a hardcover coffee table book, featuring dog photographs and canine inspired philosophy.
[00:00:51] Greg Mills: His newest book. Focus and filter was an Amazon hot new release. And the number one bestseller in the lighting category in 2009, he licensed a custom bubble bag idea to frame destination.com. After his framed artwork was damaged after an exhibition, since then over a million dollars of gallery pouch bags had been sold without further ado.
[00:01:16] Greg Mills: Andrew Darlow.
[00:01:18] Andrew Darlow: Thank you so much, Greg, for having me. I love the show. I think you may have to rename it though. I think it should be inventors over 40 and others because of all the amazing interviews you've had with inventors.
[00:01:30] Greg Mills: I will definitely take that into consideration now, Andrew, can you take a few moments and fill in the gaps from that intro and bring us up to speed with what's going on in your world today.
[00:01:41] Andrew Darlow: Absolutely. I've been really fortunate in my life, both to be born where I was born into have the parents I had. So I was kind of thrown into the world of type Paul graphy and photography and printing. So that was a lot of my upbringing and a lot of that. Rubbed off on me. And as I went through the years, even though I studied business and traveled quite a bit, I went back to a career in photography, which led to so many great things.
[00:02:11] Andrew Darlow: So that's sort of the beginning. And then I can go on and on about all the things that have happened since then.
[00:02:19] Greg Mills: Let's talk about your family. Did you come from an entrepreneurial or inventors background? Did anyone in your family have their own business or invent anything when you were growing up?
[00:02:29] Andrew Darlow: Yes, definitely. My mother's side, my grandfather was a co-owner in a candy store, so that's the being an entrepreneur. On my dad's side, my grandfather started a company in the printing industry and he called it a Cardinal press. And from there, my dad. And his brothers worked there for many years and then grew the business for the next 30 or 40 years.
[00:02:53] Andrew Darlow: So being in that environment and seeing both what my grandfather did and that w what my dad and my uncle did to build this topography business into a bigger printing business. And then, uh, photography and graphic arts business really had a great impact on me. I can go into sort of my experience w
