Featured ZINOpreneur of the Week: Bob Mighell of Tiliting Motor Works



Bob Mighell, Tilting Motor Works Harley



Our ZINO Society featured ZINOpreneur Member this week is CEO Bob Mighell, of Tilting Motor Works. Bob presented his company at the ZINO Society ZINO Marketplace Investment Forum featuring consumer products and services in November, 2010, was selected as a fund finalist and also received the ZINO Zenith Award for Best Presenter. We asked him to share the answers to a few questions about his company.

• What is your one-sentence elevator pitch? . . . Tilting Motor Work builds a patented two wheeled tilting front end conversion for motorcycles that makes them safer and more stable.
• How did you come up with the idea for your company? . . . Being a long time motorcycle rider I knew the problem with motorcycles was the limited safety and stability inherent with having only one wheel.  I knew the ideal solution was to add another wheel to the front while retaining the exhileration and performance of a two wheeled motorcycle.
• The word that best describes your company culture is . . . Innovative!
• How are you different from your competition? . . . We are the only large displacement motorcycle with two wheels in the front that handles like a two wheeled motorcycle.
• What is the biggest challenge you face? . . . Making the jump from a development company to a production company.
• How much money have you raised to date? . . . $0.
• If someone gave your company $3 million tomorrow, how would you use the money? . . . I would go into production immediately.  Build Inventory.  Hire the best VP of Marketing and Sales with strong motorcyle industry experience I could find.  Begin marketing and showing my bike all around the country.
• What is the oddest or most unusual thing about your company? . . . The company founder's passion for motorcycles which led to the development of the Tilting Three Wheeler comes from 30 years of motorcycle riding experience including circumnavigating the United States, riding to Prudhoe Bay in Alaska (the northernmost point in the U.S.) and South Point in Hawaii (the southernmost point in the U.S.)
• Why will your company be successful? . . . Tilting Motor Works has been able to successfully solve a problem that I was told did not have a solution.  we have patented the blending of motorcycle and automotive technology in a unique three wheeled vehicle that creates its own category.