Article: Central Virginia Sockmaker's Marketing Idea Is Totally Tubular.

By Gail Kelley, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Sep. 1--Local entrepreneur Cindy Brown has socked it to the odds against invention ideas or products making it to market.

"Only approximately 2 percent of ideas presented to patent and trademark offices every year actually make it," said Adel Alamo, former public relations representative at Invention Technologies Inc. in Coral Gables, Fla.

On July 10, 2000, Brown started home-based Seamless Creations Inc. out of what she considered a necessity. Seymour's Seamfree Socks is her company's sole product.

Currently, the "high-end" socks are sold in eight area ...

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!