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An 84 year-old tinkerer has invented many useful items, but all were rejected by every company and investor, until now. A small company agreed to invest in a word game he came up with called "Dabble," which is now sold in 50 stores nationwide and won the 2011 Game of the Year Award from Creative Child Magazine.
An 84 year-old tinkerer has invented many useful items that have won rave reviews from friends and family, but were rejected by every company and investor.
"Everywhere I'd go I'd get rejected," said George Weiss. "I just couldn't get a foot in the door."
But all that changed when a small company agreed to invest in a word game Weiss came up with called "Dabble," which is now sold in 50 stores nationwide and won the 2011 Game of the Year Award from Creative Child Magazine.
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