by Alan | Apr 29, 2016 | Career choices, Career success, Invention, Selling time for money, Technology advances
Wages have stagnated for middle-income workers over the last fifty years, yet the top 5% of income earners have seen real income growth of 91%. Why aren't middle class workers getting ahead and what can you do about it? Why Middle Class Workers Aren't Getting Ahead...
by Alan | Mar 27, 2016 | Annoying problems, Career success, DRTV, High profit margin, Invention, Keys to Success, Visualize your success
Imagine a travel company that advertises a two-day scenic 500 mile train ride through the Great Smokey Mountains for $300. When you ask for schedules, towns connected, details of the train, you receive the following answers: We don't actually have the schedules in...
by Alan | Dec 19, 2015 | Career success, Critiquing ideas, Culling ideas, Invention, Invention failure, Patent Search, Patent strategy, Patents, Product development, Product success, Prototypes
You have an idea for a great new product. Now what? What you choose to do next is key to your success (or lack of it). Here are your first three steps: Do your own free patent search on uspto.gov – the US Patent Office website Search everywhere for similar...
by Alan | Dec 8, 2015 | Career success, Creativity, Focus, Ideas, Invention, Keys to Success, Resourcefulness, Strategy, Why inventors fail, Why inventors succeed
Many parents have heard these fateful words from their sons or daughters: Mom and Dad, I'm dropping out of college to become a ——— Fill in the blank with actor, rock star or inventor. All three endeavors have one common thread: many aspire and strive...
by Alan | Oct 11, 2015 | Career success, chaos, Creativity, Ideas, Innovation, Licensing, Marketing, Royalty rates, Strange lives of inventors, Struggling inventor, thriving in chaos
As I mentioned in a previous post, inventing is chaotic and confusing compared to other careers. Inventing is a lonely endeavor and one your friends and colleagues will never understand no matter how you try to explain it. Lonely Days and Lonely Nights Many inventors...
by Alan | Sep 30, 2015 | Career success, Creativity, Digital economy, Keys to Success, Salaried workers, Technology advances
Technology continues to evolve at an exponential, ever increasing rate. For many of us, technology is a good thing that has brought great gadgets into our everyday life: the Internet, MP3 players, eBook readers, tablets, and the ubiquitous smart phones. Things that...
