John Paulick is the Founder at WineHive, Industrial Designer, Biomimicry Specialist, Consultant at Lululemon and our Guest on Episode 114 of the Invention Stories Podcast.
WineHive was invented in 2009 by industrial designer John Paulick, inspired by the optimized honeycomb structure built by bees. John designed WineHive’s modular interlocking structure to be fully customizable and infinitely expandable. This will ensure it will fit your space and grow with your wine collection. In 2012, John launched WineHive on Kickstarter to raise funding for startup costs. With a goal of $15k to bring WineHive to market, John raised over $65,000 from 681 backers in less than 30 days!
WineHive Inventor…
We interview John Paulick on Episode 114 of the Invention Stories Podcast and here are some of the questions we asked:
Did you grow up on the East Coast?
What kind of kid were you?
Did you like to modify things or create new from scratch?
Did you get good grades in school?
What is an AltMBA?
Why did you decide on this course?
What did you do after college?
How was your Kickstarter experience?
What is Biomimicry?
What attracted you to the WineHive concept?
Did you try to license the WineHive?
How long have you been living in Morro Bay?
How do you like Morro Bay?
How many patents do you have?
Why do you have so many patents?
How did you get Neil Patrick Harris to be featured on WineHive.com?
Why did you move to the central coast of California?
How did the SBDC in San Luis Obispo help?
When you get an idea for a new product…how do you proceed?
How do you shop around your ideas?
What do you do as a Biomimicry Specialist for Lulumon?
Why are you work as a wine taster?
What was the first idea that you licensed?
How did you license it?
Was was it like to see it on the shelf for the first time?
Who did you license it to?
What advice would you give to someone new to inventing?
Coming Soon
Episode 114…John Paulick and WineHive Casserole Caddy Coming Soon on Invention Stories on YouTube
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