This week I had the privilege and honor to be a judge at an annual wonderful “shark-tank” event!  More than fifty (50) teams of primarily college students had the unique opportunity to “PITCH” their new business/product/service ideas to a panel of judges for a short five (5) minutes.  Each team’s goal was to obtain a spot for the next round of PITCH competition and perhaps win investor support including significant money awards.  The experience for me every year is new, fun, encouraging and professional network expanding.

So as I was driving both to and from the event…I found myself thinking about what special idea/concept would I PITCH today if given the chance?  Where would I start?  What problem needs a solution or what’s missing at home or at work to make something better?  Would I try to improve a current product or service…or would I create something totally new and different?  Other questions that entered my mind included:

• What could I PITCH that wouldn’t cost a ton of money?
• Could I create a new techno-APP that GOOGLE would buy from me?
• How could I improve the current products/services I currently provide?
• Who could I partner with to strategize together on building something special?
• What could I create that currently would have very little competition in the marketplace?

(A great way to spend extended road time!)

I know I have said it before but I believe everyone…yes EVERYONE has an innovator, creationist gene/bone inside of them.  And truly the only one that can (and must) exercise that gene/bone…is YOU!

This week’s TRIPLE III TIME message:  “The PITCH of a Lifetime!” is intended to re-ignite the creative potential “sleeping” inside of you.  Think about being in front of a group of shark tank judges…with some dollars to award and you need “The PITCH of a Lifetime!”

What would you propose??