Christopher Gates

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Inventor, Pratique Inc.
Chittenango, NY, USA

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Inventor of five nifty products. Creator of LocalRental.com. Operated a small business incubator for six years. MBA. Has five patents. Was the Assistant Director of the Madison County Industrial Development Agency for five years. Worked for the US Postal Service for three years. Worked for the Syracuse City School District as a daily substitute for four years.

Industry: Developer

Size of Business: none listed

Years in Business: 11-25 years

Affiliations: none listed

Business Interests: Growth and Development

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Member Since: 01/18/2008

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Inventing a Product - 10/07/2008

This is how I invented one.

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Operating A Business Incubator - 01/31/2008

Seven Ingredients for Success

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Calculating Income from Selling Electricity Generated from Windmills - 10/06/2008

How to calculate income from wind farms. Enter a few numbers into a form and it will calculate the gross expected income, and a percentage for rent.

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Comments Posted by Christopher Gates

Inventing a Product - 10/08/2008

A true story is a good. The bird feeder invention story is not necessarily one of failure, but one of partial success.

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Inventing a Product - 10/07/2008

I have found that people who are interested in pursuing a product of their own invention are very interested in anecdotal accounts, war stories, which can be difficult to find. To them, that is substance. Its becomes a small case study. Systematic or scientific evaluations are also valuable when making decisions. However, statistics can be detached and vague. A person considering making an invention may be better prepared if they look at my story and think how to avoid what happening to me, from happening to them.

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