Growing Bolder Community

Scot Weiss left a promising career in finance to chase an American dream -- inventing a product and starting a company. But even good ideas are extremely difficult to get produced, distributed and sold.

Scot Weiss is motivated to make a difference -- and now, an invention that he's spent years working on is getting big attention for its potential for helping in the Gulf oil spill cleanup.

With small stitches and big dreams, Scot Weiss is creating his own destiny -- and it's all based on an invention. Ever heard of the Parachute Skimmer? You will.