That meant meeting inventors with
all kinds of crazy ideas. One such inventor was Kurt Koptis. In July
1998, Koptis called Verheem and
said, "I have a really cool produce
After their discussion,Verheem told
Koptis he would develop the concept as a project for a business plan
class he was taking in the fall—a
class taught by De Noble.That way,
they could do some research on