In this episode of Art of the Kickstart, we spoke with Josh Cross, CEO of Elios. Josh tells us about how the Crossover Lock protects your luggage, bike and other items worldwide and the difficulties in trying to invent a product to solve such a big problem. Listen and learn what led him to creating a lock that gives you instant notifications if your lock is ever cut, bumped, unlocked, or moving. Short on time? Here's what we talked about. How The Crossover Lock started being built for the Department of Defense and the US Air Force. Sometimes inventors need to be okay with going from point A to point B to C, and then back to A. How believing in your product and not giving up can pay off, you just need to hold on and keep trying.  Links https://thecrossoverlock.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSAHxLXaKQg https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/elios/the-crossover-lock-only-lock-with-real-time-global-alerts?ref=discovery_newest https://youtu.be/WAvEXRMj3Zw Note: As an Amazon Associate, Art of the Kickstart may earn a commission from qualifying purchases. Sponsors Art of the Kickstart is honored to be sponsored by ProductHype, the leading crowdfunding newsletter. Publishing weekly, ProductHype showcases five of the best, most innovative and exciting crowdfunding projects in an absurdly unique way. Their audience of more than 300,000 crowdfunding fans regularly back featured products and eagerly awaits the newsletter to learn about the new ideas that creators are bringing to market. Learn more about having your project featured in ProductHype, or join the HypeSquad today! Transcript View this episode's transcript Roy Morejon: Welcome entrepreneurs and startups to Art of the Kickstart, the show that every entrepreneur needs to listen to before you launch. I’m your host, Roy Morejon, president and founder of Inventus Partners, the world’s only turnkey product launch company. From product development and engineering to omnichannel marketing, we’ve helped our clients launch thousands of inventions and earned more than 1 billion in sales over the past 20 years. Each week I interview a startup success story, an inspirational entrepreneur or a business expert in order to help you take your launch to the next level. The show would not be possible without our main sponsor, ProductHype, the weekly newsletter that goes out and shows you the best inventions that just launched. Make sure to check out producthype.co and join the Hype Squad. Now let’s get on with the show. Welcome to another edition of Art of the Kickstart. Today I am really excited because I am speaking with the CEO of Elios, Mr. Josh Cross. Josh is the creator of the just launched today Crossover Lock over on Kickstarter. A proud father of four kids and a husband of over 20 years whoa has beautiful wife, Joanna. Josh, super excited to talk about the cross lock and have you today on Art of the Kickstart. So thank you for joining me. Josh Cross: Yeah, thanks for having me. I’m super excited about this.