by Alan | Dec 6, 2014 | Ideas, Invention, Keys to Success, Licensing, Strategy
In the prior post – How to Succeed as an Inventor – I recommended that novice inventors work to be strategic in their approach to inventing. Only a tiny percentage of inventors ever profit from their invention, so it is important to leverage your strengths...
by Alan | Aug 30, 2014 | Invention, Keys to Success, Product development, Prototypes, Strategy, Why inventors succeed
Many articles are written about licensing, manufacturing, patenting and other elements important to inventor success. To my experience, inventor success depends crucially upon partnering with and trusting others. Yet almost nothing is ever written about partnering and...
by Alan | Jul 13, 2014 | Invention, Strategy
How to Prepare for QVC In the previous blog post – Your Product on QVC? – described 5 key elements to consider whether or not your product is a fit to be on QVC. In this follow up post – How to Prepare for QVC – I’ll address some specific ways I got prepared to...
by Alan | Jun 22, 2014 | Invention, Keys to Success, Marketing, Patent strategy, Patents
Among the most commonly cited keys to invention success are: obtaining a strong patent, effectively marketing your product, etc. I thought it would be interesting to address 5 often overlooked keys to inventing success – starting with B for Balancing Risk versus...
by Alan | Jun 19, 2014 | Critiquing ideas, Ideas, Importing, Invention, Keys to Success, Licensing, Patent Search, Patent strategy, Patents
Welcome to the last posting of the A to Z of Inventing series. I hope you have enjoyed them as I have attempted to cover an arc of the key invention topics from A to Z in this series. this final post is really just a recap, a sort of index. In the first five posts of...
