Entrepreneurship and Intellectual Property
My name is David Spears and I am an Intellectual Property attorney who manages patent portfolios for client ranges from start-up companies to multibillion dollar companies around the world. I am also a former college football player for Michigan State University. I am interviewing people who have invested in themselves and Intellectual property, and who then goes on to start a business around their intellectual Property.
Entrepreneurship and Intellectual Property
How Orlando entrepreneur reinvented dreadlocks with a patented invention
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What if you could solve a problem that millions of people have accepted as "just the way it is"? In this episode of Everything Intellectual Property, we sit down with Majorya Pascal, founder and CEO of Instant Loc, the inventor behind a patented machine that is transforming the way dreadlocks are created. What once took up to six months can now be accomplished in just a few hours—a breakthrough that is reshaping an entire segment of the beauty industry and challenging decades of traditional methods.
Marge shares the remarkable journey behind Instant Loc, from identifying a widespread frustration in the natural hair community to developing, patenting, and commercializing an invention that many believed couldn't be done. She opens up about the years of persistence required to move from idea to reality, the obstacles of bringing a first-of-its-kind product to market, and the moment her patent was finally granted. Along the way, she discusses the importance of protecting intellectual property, educating customers on a disruptive technology, and building credibility as an inventor in a competitive industry.
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00:00 – Meet Marge Pascal & the Instant Loc Story
02:18 – The Problem That Inspired Instant Loc
05:47 – Inventing a Faster Way to Create Dreadlocks
10:12 – From Hairstylist to Inventor
15:36 – Securing Patents & Protecting the Innovation
21:40 – Overcoming Skepticism and Industry Resistance
28:14 – Building a Business Around a First-of-Its-Kind Product
34:22 – Manufacturing, Marketing & Growing Instant Loc
41:05 – Lessons Learned as an Entrepreneur and Inventor
47:10 – Marge's Advice for Future Inventors