Press Release: AHHHA Turns Dream Into Reality For Dan Luellen of Allen, TX

Posted on March 14, 2012 by T. Edison III

ALLEN, TEXAS | MARCH 13, 2012 - Dan Luellen places a lot of value on his job as a banker and believes staying alert at work is important. However, Luellen also admits that without a mid-afternoon nap it can sometimes be a challenge. With the help of AHHHA, his dream to be able to nap on the go sparked the development of AHHHA’s very first idea to hit the market, the Sleeper Sleeve. AHHHA Founder and CEO, Matt Crowe adds, “while there are over 5,000 ideas that have been claimed on ahhha.com, we are proud to have Dan’s Sleeper Sleeve be one of the first ideas of many to ever be developed.”

Prior to joining the AHHHA community, Dan Luellen felt like he was in an idea dead end. He recalls, “I would go out to my car and try and take a 15 minute nap, but often was not able to because I just couldn’t get comfortable. After collaborating with my wife, the idea of creating a pillow that I could slip over my arm came up and with that the Sleeper Sleeve was born.” However, with little feedback and limited resources for execution, his dream felt hopeless.

After many frustrated late nights of research, Dan happened to stumble upon AHHHA.com, a place where his dreams could flourish into a profitable reality. After claiming his idea for the Sleeper Sleeve, it wasn’t long before the AHHHA community began to chime in. Users were voting and collaborating on how to improve the Sleeper Sleeve, allowing AHHHA’s algorithms to pick up on Dan’s Luellen’s very own idea and begin to move it into the next phase of execution.

From the moment Dan first claimed his idea, AHHHA made it easy, fast and fun for Luellen’s idea to develop into a real product. He recalls, “next thing I knew there was a prototype for the Sleeper Sleeve at my doorstep, it was branded, produced and ready to go to market.” Best of all, Dan was able to take part in every step of the process without having to utilize his own time or resources to transform what was once just an idea into a tangible product in the marketplace.

With the announcement of Dan Luellen’s Sleeper Sleeve, AHHHA is excited to show others like Luellen how much of an impact Social Ideation can have on their lives. To learn more about Dan Luellen’s story and claim your very own idea, please visit AHHHA.com. AHHHA – Follow your dream.

About AHHHA, Inc.

Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, AHHHA is a new company driving Social Ideation, which enables people to stake claim in their ideas and tap into the wisdom of the crowd to drive continuous collaboration around their ideas. AHHHA’s Social Ideation platform then moves the best ideas forward to bring those to life. AHHHA has collapsed the highly fragmented process required to turn an idea from concept into a real-world product, service or company. Its Social Ideation engine manages the entire life cycle while the idea-originator expends minimal effort and risk. For more information about AHHHA, please visit: www.AHHHA.com.

AHHHA v2.0 Powers Ideas Through Social Ideation : Press Release

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Nicole Harrison

Turning your ideas into something that really matters is no longer just another idea.

PALO ALTO, CALIF., March 13, 2012 - AHHHA, an Internet startup headquartered out of a garage in Palo Alto, California much like the legendary Google, Apple and HP once were, is revolutionizing the way ideas are being brought to market.

Introducing the launch of AHHHA v2.0, the newest version of an online platform leading the world in bringing ideas to fruition by utilizing Social Ideation. With now a growing team of over 15 employees, two of which are soon to be graduates from Stanford University, AHHHA is excited to see all its hard and fun work play in action. One of v2.0’s upgrades is to make its platform and process even more simple and engaging for users to use when submitting and collaborating on ideas. With the latest version well in motion, AHHHA is also excited to share the first four AHHHA’s soon to be released to market.

The AHHHA team has been working hard behind the scenes to simplify the process new and existing users go through when submitting an idea. AHHHA has also partnered up with UK based company, Creative Barcode to provide users with greater protection and ability to better track idea authenticity. Equally important is AHHHA’s long-lasting promise to continue to improve and promote the way users interact and collaborate, otherwise known as Social Ideation.

In preparation for the development of the v2.0, founder Matt Crowe states: “We used our Social Ideation platform to get feedback from our users to make sure that we were not just changing for change sake.” The feedback we received from our users allowed us to zero in on certain features and processes that were unclear. One of these processes was the initial claiming of an idea, which we have made more user-friendly and easy to understand.”

In addition, Crowe commented “unlike other somewhat similar sites, AHHHA is not just about products, fund-raising or social good. At AHHHA our user community always comes first and we could not be more pleased to announce the our first four AHHHA’s to our community.”

The first four AHHHA’s being brought to market are: Sleeper Sleeve , consumer goods category, PinPoint App, technology category, Portable Homeless Shelter, social good category and Sutton ’s Theory, potentially genius category. As these ideas were claimed and propelled through the Social Ideation process, it became clear that they were the most voted and commented upon in the AHHHA community. With launch of AHHHA’s v2.0 and announcement of the first four ideas, is clear that this Palo Alto startup isn’t coming to a halt anytime soon. More importantly, the ideas being brought to market empower people all over the world to innovate together and solidifies that the Social Ideation platform is in fact a success.

About AHHHA, Inc.

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Lend a Hand (that’s why you’ve got two)

Posted on July 23, 2011 by Leeza Kuznetsova

I know what you’re thinking – what’s in it for me?

After all, you’re the one contributing your AHHHA’s, expertise, relevance, time, commitment, trust, and creativity to say the least.

But have you ever stopped to think that your contribution has the significance to change somebody’s life for the better?

Still thinking what’s in it for me…

When people think ideas they sometimes forget that those ideas are solutions to real problems and part of big dreams. And your contribution might just be the missing ingredient keeping someone from changing their life for the better and finally seeing their lifetime vision become a tangible reality.

After all, it’s no coincidence that crowd sourcing has become so integrated into the way businesses operate today and rightfully so. Companies and contributors alike are finally seeing just how impactful mass collaboration has truly become.

So go ahead, lend a little something (you don’t have to go far.) Here, we make it easy to vote, share your favorite ideas across multiple social networks, and suggest how an AHHHA could be made stronger.

You never know, your contribution might just change somebody’s life forever.

Robert Scoble Interview of AHHHA Founder Matt Crowe

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Nicole Harrison

Recently our founder Matt Crowe was interviewed by blogger and technology evangelist Robert Scoble. The interview titled “AHHHA: launching pad for your ideas” was posted on Scoble’s online community, Building43 yesterday. It’s a great interview to learn more about social ideation and how AHHHA works.

More about Robert Scoble (taken from Robert’s Wikipedia page):

Robert Scoble is an American blogger, technical evangelist. Scoble is best known for his blog, Scobleizer, which came to prominence during his tenure as a technology evangelist at Microsoft. He currently works for Rackspace and the Rackspace sponsored community site Building 43. He previously worked for Fast Company as a video blogger. He is also the co-author of Naked Conversations: How Blogs are Changing the Way Businesses Talk with Customers with Shel Israel.

Entrepreneurs are Made, Not Born (6 tips to success)

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Leeza Kuznetsova

In the same way that anyone can call themselves an artist, anyone can also call themselves an entrepreneur.

And what is so wrong with that anyway?

After all, the first step in accomplishing anything is to believe that you can and hey we’re all about that!

However, in order to be a successful entrepreneur, one must master a few skills.

Best of all, anyone can learn them so listen up “never in million years, would be, and already am entrepreneurs.”

1. Learn to see opportunities when everyone sees problems – learn this and obstacles will only motivate you more to find a solution because you are no longer just seeing what is front of you.

2. Be a leader – contrary to what you may have heard in the past, leadership has nothing to do with genetics. Learning to spot those opportunities when everyone is fixated on the problems is half the battle. The other half requires listening with an open mind, effectively communicating, and serious work ethic.

3. Social Ideation – without collaboration, there can’t be innovation. Just think if two minds are better than one, what can be said about a whole platform of creative’s, industry experts, and executers working together?

4. Bury the hatchet – the ego hatchet that is. We’re human, we all have them. But the quicker we can set our pride aside, the quicker we can make grow personally and professionally. After all, no successful entrepreneur got there by knowing everything, but instead by asking the right questions from the right people.

5. Have fun – believe it or not, if you aren’t having at least a little fun doing what you are doing, it’s only a matter of time before you sink or even worse sink your whole team. Attitudes are contagious, so ask yourself is yours worth catching?

6. Execute – and we can’t stress this enough. What is a great AHHHA if nobody knows it exists? Take time to plan your work, but know that for any entrepreneur or idea to make it, you must also work your plan (or attack it.)

So there it is. The 6 essential’s for every entrepreneur to get ahead and stay there. We suggest you run with it.

Barcode Your AHHHA

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Leeza Kuznetsova

With an estimated 75% of open-innovation not subject to patent protection, ideas are becoming far too vulnerable to exploitation.

But we’re here to assure you that we are building an innovative and trusting community with social ideation, idea security, and you in mind.

That means we’re always listening and everything we brainstorm, create, and introduce isn’t without your input or to your benefit.

That’s why our latest feature couldn’t come at a better time. We are proud to present our partnership with Creative Barcode – a feature that will help protect ideas that are unique and meet AHHHA’s and Creative Barcode’s requirements (stay tune for future posts’ to learn more).

As the world’s first open-protection system, Creative Barcode is designed to give some security to ideas and uphold the value of creativity in the open-innovation process.

But what’s the benefit?

For the first time ever, ideas that are original, professional, and meet the appropriate criteria will be offered a digitally generated barcode. Much like a UPC, this barcode will be unique for each idea and help determine the following:

Date of creation
Creation source
Ownership
Permission based usage for an original idea

Talk about finally getting some creative SATISFACTION!

With the integration of Creative Barcode in place and by offering security to ideas that qualify, we hope to actually see an increase in open-innovation playtime. Ultimately, creating a space where creative, academic and corporate minds can work and play safe – setting a new standard for ethical social ideation practices worldwide.

So don’t just stake your claim on an AHHHA, barcode it.