Scenario: The Inventor at the Crossroads
- Robert Colee
- Sep 17
- 2 min read
The Person
Let’s say their name is Alex.
Alex has a box of ideas: old inventions, digital artworks, songs, half-finished manuscripts, even a provisional patent or two.
Alex has a creative mind but not a lot of capital or energy to build out a big business around each idea.
The challenge: How can Alex earn money now from what already exists, while freeing up time to keep creating?
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Step 1: Dusting Off the Archive
Alex looks through notebooks, hard drives, and even old emails.
The question isn’t “which idea is perfect?” but “which ideas can be tokenized as intellectual property?”
Example:
A drawing → tokenized as an NFT.
A provisional patent sketch → tokenized as an IP-NFT.
A short story draft → tokenized as a digital collectible.
An invention concept → tokenized as a “contribution token” that others can build on.
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Step 2: The Tokenization Path
Alex uses a toolkit (like the one on your Disclosure Flash Drive) to mint tokens.
Each token ties the IP to Alex’s name/wallet, ensuring credit and royalties flow back automatically.
Alex doesn’t need to finish developing the invention—just register it on-chain in a way that others can discover, trade, or collaborate on.
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Step 3: Revenue Streams
Royalties: Every time Alex’s token sells or is re-licensed, a small cut (5–10%) comes back to Alex automatically.
Sales: Alex lists tokens on the marketplace—people may buy them as collectibles, speculative assets, or development leads.
Collaborations: Other creators/investors see Alex’s IP and reach out to develop it further, splitting profits.
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Step 4: Personal Payoff
Instead of chasing investors or spending months writing proposals, Alex is already earning from existing work.
The passive royalty system means Alex can focus more time on creating new projects.
Old “dusty” projects get a second life—even if Alex never builds them into finished products, the ideas still circulate and create value.
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Step 5: Societal Contribution
Every token Alex mints isn’t just for personal profit—it’s part of a bigger disclosure and innovation ecosystem.
Other people benefit from seeing Alex’s work, expanding it, or being inspired by it.
Whistleblowers, artists, and inventors like Alex become part of a collective movement where hidden value is unlocked and redistributed.
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Rational Game Plan
1. Inventory: List out all existing ideas/IP.
2. Tokenize: Start with 2–3 items as test cases.
3. Market: Place them in the GRC/ITC ecosystem marketplace.
4. Royalties: Track income from resales and licensing.
5. Expand: Gradually tokenize more of the archive.
6. Create Again: Use freed-up time to develop new works while old works keep generating income.
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✨ The truth is, tokenization isn’t “too good to be true.” It’s simply a new legal and technical wrapper for something that already exists—intellectual property. The difference is, instead of sitting in a drawer, the IP is now discoverable, tradable, and monetizable.
Global Robotics Corporation
Interplanetary Trading Company
Robert Colee
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