Help! I just got turned down by my dermatologist-I offered him a 50% partnership, if he would help me develop and market a substance, which will remove cuticle skin from your nails! This is derived from a common plant, and is totally safe. I can see a HUGE market for it, as there are nail salons everywhere, and this is a totally safe way of removing the cuticle skin (no cutting with dirty knives, leading to infection! Anyway, I am stymied-how do I develop this substance? My problems:
-I am not a doctor
-I don’t know jack about how to get venture capital
-I don’t know how to patent or license this substance
-I have no money!
So how do I sell some cosmetics firm on this without allowing them to stael it from me? Anybody ever successfully brought a product to market on a shoestring?
Do you know there’s already a product that does this? It’s called Magicue or something like that - comes in a little clear tube with blue and green lettering. You put it on, wait several minutes, and scrub off the cuticle skin with a nail brush.
I just did a quick Google search and it seems there are lots of cuticle removers already on the market. I think yours would have to be substantially better or cheaper or have some reason why people would buy it over an established brand in order to get any market share. I’m not saying bringing your new version to market will be impossible but it might be more difficult than you think.