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World in bluetooth technology. laurie came across an application for the 2010 ces innovation awards. i got on ce s s website and i just started reading, trying to figure out what you would do at ces and what it takes to be there. that s when my wife sent me an email and she said there s a contest at ces for the most innovative product. she goes, it would be really great if we could enter that. i did a lot of research and tried to make sure it was a unique idea. and i just kind of had this feeling in my gut that we were going to win. but before they could even think about winning, laurie and henry had to go through the rigorous process of applying for the award and they only had 48 hours to get it done. they wanted a picture of the zomm. everything to enter this contest. so we wound up creating this wood chip that looked similar to a zomm, painted it as best we could. and sent that in as our specimen. we actually sat in our home for ....
Another iphone. and i started thinking, there s got to be a way with help from her husband, laurie s aha moment moved from inspiration to business. everybody said, do you know how large the market is for something like this? this is a global business you re talking about. and so when i got over that shock, we started to concentrate on what it would take. in that moment, the zomm was born, named for zachary, olivia and madison s mom. the concept was a simple wireless leash, to help locate those impossible-to-find cell phones. although they had a great idea, laurie and henry s next idea was to figure out how to make it work. surround yourself with people smarter than you are. which wasn t too hard for us to do, because we don t know too much about technology. so we searched out who we thought was the best in the ....
Years. but for one oklahoma tech company, it took just months. how? one part inspiration, one part sheer force of will. the people behind the zom took their idea for locating a lost cell phone and turned it into a ces success story like no other. one year ago, laurie pennic, mother of three, and an entrepreneur with what she knew was a great idea was packing her bags to go to the consumer electronics show, or ces for the very first time. i love technology and love gadgets, so i would watch it every year and think, that would be so incredible to get to go to ces. just a few months before, laurie had an oprah-induced epiphany while she was on the treadmill. one of my girlfriends called me and said her husband had lost ....
24 hours without sleep and wrote everything that a zomm was going to be, what it was going to do. the benefits, et cetera, and handed it in. thinking this was a shot in the dark. laurie s gut feeling was right, the zomm won the prestigious ces innovation award. their next problem? the zomm was just an idea they had no product. i had some officials say yes it was a very innovative product. but on the flip side, we had one of those shocking type feelings that oh, my goodness we have to really hunker down and get our product developed. because one of the requirements was that we had to have a working demo for the consumer electronics show. so how do you get a tech product from concept to reality in just three months? if you follow the model of henry and laurie penix, you set seemingly impossible goals. ....
Were all being interviewed by somebody. what started out as one housewife s big idea rapidly became an unprecedented media sensation. i think everyone needs a deadline for success. when you imply deadlines on yourself and on your company to get certain things finished, it moves you. it keeps the momentum going. and when you know i can t change those deadlines, it adds to ultimate success. and one year later, laurie and henry penix are back at ces, showing the zomm once again, it s so great to see both of you guys. thank you very much. tell me what the last year has been like. you had a big year this exact time last year. what s going on? well follow up from last year, we made so many great connections at ces last year this year has been that times a thousand. what s it like to be here ....