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Ambitious professionals, that aspire to bring a product to market before there is a paying customer, typically need to allocate a side-of-desk approach to this pursuit while sustaining their primary employment. As opportunities arise during breaks in the day, they have a short window to quickly memorialize their idea and build an interested audience. These tiny spurts of ideation about a "potentially viable" product are exciting and successful business founders will enthusiastically hold onto hand scrawled notes that capture their potential viable epiphanies. While it is exciting to see a product vision illustration sketched on the back of a bar coaster, it is critically important that founders avoid distraction and "maximize the amount of work not done" before their product crosses the minimally viable product (MVP) threshold for sustainable project sponsorship. A Minimally Viable Product (MVP) is the simplest version of a product that can be released to begin gathering user feedback and validating market interest. It allows innovators to test core functionality without investing excessive time or resources. This is the reason why our company was founded in 2019 (with a laptop and an exponential idea https://www.foreveryidea.com/about.html), to help ideas quickly gain momentum with "paperless" technology. As with any solution with compounding benefits (such as self-investing financial assets), the initial benefit that our "paperless products" offer may seem unimpressive. Saving a few reams of paper and a couple of hours redoing read-only deliverables may seem insignificant for a project that takes a thousand hours to complete. However, for the moonlighting innovator, every opportunity to save an hour accelerates the delivery of an MVP by a full day. At the time of our founding, we recognized that having the ability to author ideas with dynamic (web-based) digital technology did offer significant advantages over traditional (paper-based) methodologies. However, this simple business with a dynamic web interface for selling made-to-order illustrations and project artifacts is on the cusp of unlocking transformative capabilities. Despite our best efforts and relentless iteration, our Idea Delivery Lifecycle is already delivering measurable efficiency gains, with much more to come. It is not easy to predict exactly how or when advances in technology will suddenly accelerate what we are able to accomplish with our "Idea Delivery Lifecycle" services (https://www.foreveryidea.com/services.html). However, we are already starting to see our web-based business capabilities automatically improve as our web application program interface (API) suddenly become more advanced with emerging Large Language Model capabilities. Our online digital storefront (https://www.foreveryidea.com/contact.html) and public research journal (https://www.foreveryidea.com/idea-museum) are a testament to these sudden improvements. Our contact page (that originally could only request a scheduled phone call) is now a virtual storefront where new customers can casually discuss their needs with an AI powered digital assistant or launch an interactive web-meeting with a dedicated team member. Even more exciting is the AI accelerated possibilities that we are starting to see in our digital sandbox from our previously developed web formatted "Idea Delivery Lifecycle" products. At the press of a button, one of our tailored Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) prompts can produce a relaxed and spontaneous podcast about one of our public research projects (https://www.foreveryidea.com/idea-museum/machine-generated-podcast) and provide the listening audience with relevant industry context. In another project we are exploring the feasibility of adding another step to the idea delivery lifecycle (Idea in a Prompt) where technology projects can accelerate software development with an MVP AI generated solution OnDemand from AI ready software requirements (https://www.foreveryidea.com/idea-museum/model-asset-tag). As we continue to evolve alongside the technologies that shape our digital landscape, For Every Idea LLC remains steadfast in its mission to empower ambitious professionals who pursue innovation in the margins of their day. What began as a simple solution to streamline idea capture has grown into a dynamic platform that leverages cutting-edge AI to accelerate the journey from concept to MVP. While we acknowledge that our current tools are just the beginning, we are energized by the exponential possibilities ahead. With each advancement, we move closer to realizing a future where every idea—no matter how spontaneous or scribbled—can be nurtured, refined, and delivered with unprecedented speed and clarity. We are proud to foster a growing community of innovators, thinkers, and creators who are shaping the future of idea delivery. Our platform is not just a tool—it’s a catalyst for collaboration and transformation. Join us in shaping the next chapter of idea delivery. Explore our Idea Museum, connect with our team, and share your vision. The future is unfolding, and every idea matters.
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As of 2018, the potential to accomplish big things with AI seemed boundless. In 2025, there are some indicators that AI may be approaching its peak of its comprehension abilities when it comes to unstructured data. It is different story when it some to what AI can do with structured (web-based) data. As it pertains to For Every Idea LLC Products and Services, we are starting to accelerate the development of brand new (to us About) digital storefront products and services. We have been relentless in testing different was to develop AI Prompts with industry standard (machine readable) file formats to deliver minimally viable products onDemand. So far, we have found that machine readable software requirements that are structure with industry standard specification (idea museum API specification model-asset-tag for operational Azure cloud solution) can product industry standard (oAuth) Secured Web API interfaces. We have of course used AI to make conversational AI explainers about our lean approach to exponential scalability. Our approach is strategically reusable for any web-based technology so that we can implement (on Demand)
This product connects public bystanders (via a mobile phone) with a person's emergency contacts. This QR Coded sticker provides open access to a Bystander portal to quickly notify trusted peers that you and/or your equipment/vehicle/vessel have been found. Bystander Portal DemonstrationClick the QR Code to launch a bystander portal prototype that demonstrates how a bystander would notify your trusted peers. Use Case: A bystander, finding an asset tag for adventure, navigates to the unique web address and quickly notifies emergency contacts of incident and location. Bystander Portal Demonstration. To simulate what a bystander would experience when they scan a visible adventure asset tag, press the "Bystander Portal - Prototype" button. December 2025 Product Launch
Product VisionThis product is a result of our active efforts to drive maximum value (continuous application lessons learned) for customers with less than a penny's worth of electricity. Going forward, our vision (as illustrated below) is to augment our commitment to continuous improvement with an agentic architecture that accelerates product enhancements by continuously learning how to better connect trusted peers, their emergency contacts, and bystanders that notice distress. If you are interested in following our progress, please bookmark this page and/or subscribe to receive email updates. Transparent AI Not all food provide the same nutritional benefits. Similarly, not all AI solutions produce the same results. As modern professionals embrace emerging AI technology, a standard "nutrition label" for assessing the sound and reasonableness of AI capabilities is essential. Given the nature of how AI works (Attention is All You Need) one lens to view Artificial Intelligence is:
Public Private PartnershipsThis podcast is about For Every Idea LLCs relentless pursuit of continuous improvement. As part of our constant exploration of new frontiers in Artificial Intelligence, we implemented a reusable (Google Gemini) research prompt that conjures AI experts to analyze our work ...AND its own work. Otherwise framed: This podcast is is both the result of AI prompt that:
How it works: At the heart of this project is a reusable Google Gemini research prompt. This prompt simulates a team of AI experts who are tasked with a multi-faceted analysis that:
Exponential Factors at Play A small idea that is AI Ready can suddenly turn into a big idea when it is combined with continuous advances in industry best practices and continuous advances in machine learning. What is scalability?Scalability (in a modern digital context) is what makes big things possible from the press of a single button. However, just because a single keystroke can make a printer generate a hundred-page document in minutes or even send a single email to a hundred people in seconds... you might want to consider using exponentially scalable technology (with live web interfaces) instead. That is because, once you press send (with single use technology) typos can't be fixed and failure is not an option. Alternatively, if the typo was never emailed or printed (as is the case with modern web technology platforms) the "virtual document" could be quickly fixed and seamlessly distributed with less than a penny's worth of electricity.
Exponential scalability (from a business context) means products and services that can continuously improve from reusable (web based) digital platforms. As with any exponential trend, the immediate value from using a subtle web address to provide products and services is not obvious. In terms of scalability, authoring an email can seem just as effective and even more secure than sharing a web page. The strategic advantages of using web technology a few iterations sooner aligns with the vision of our company (https://www.foreveryidea.com/about.html). For Every Idea LLC was founded to solve a persistent problem: professionals relying on static, paper-based standards that quickly become outdated. The products and services we provide are essential for experienced professionals needing to shift from linear to exponential (web-based) technology and avoid the pitfalls of stale information. Image comps and notional sticker mule cart for 200 5x5 stickers. Otherwise framed, the color -as well as print media - can be adjusted to your preference.
Looming Deadlines
As a seasoned digital practitioner with 30 years of experience, I often find myself navigating the delicate balance between innovation and timing. Recently, I had to shelve yet another idea—not because it lacked potential, but because the timing just wasn't right. Despite having a perfect business model tailored for an underserved population and an incredibly qualified team of partners, I lacked the necessary resources to bring this idea to life.
In order for this idea (https://www.foreveryidea.com/idea-museum/justsayyes) to help disconnected clinical decision-makers understand their role in expediting care transitions, I needed a massive real-world digital presentation that could both:
…And while it might seem like my efforts have come to a halt, this is not the end. The underlying technology was web-based and is self-improving. As digital capabilities advance, the effort required to complete this idea continues to diminish. I remain optimistic that when the time is right, I can pick up where I left off and bring this vision to life with only a few kilobytes of bandwidth and less than a penny’s worth of electricity. If interested in learning more about this and other “digitally abandoned” ideas, regarding real-world simulation please visit my blog (https://www.foreveryidea.com/idea-museum/real-world-solution-visualization) Source ImageCo-Pilot Proof of Concept
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PortfolioAuthorNot all ideas succeed. Many good ideas often fail in the presence of adversity; however, they always come with some lessons learned. Archives
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