by Alan | May 29, 2017 | Invention, Invention marketing companies, Shysters
In the previous Part I post, I role played a story where an inventor, named Sam, had a conversation with a shyster invention marketing company (IMF) with the fictional name Intergalactic Marketing and Patents (IMAP). Unfortunately, the legitimate IMFs are very...
by Alan | May 29, 2017 | Invention, Invention marketing companies, Shysters
It seems practically every week, I speak with an inventor with a promising product who has fallen victim to the charms of a invention marketing firm (IMF). There are two types of IMFs – the legitimate ones that render services intended to help inventors to license...
by Alan | May 15, 2017 | DRTV, Due diligence, HSN, Invention, Invention failure, Invention marketing companies, Patent Search, Patents, QVC, Sell on TV
Inventing is a challenging profession: it is capital intensive and many big costs occur in the beginning and the profits, if any, may not come until years later, if ever. Who wants to sign up? Obviously, I ‘signed up' or I wouldn't be writing this blog....
by Alan | Dec 11, 2016 | Behaviors of success, Due diligence, Invention, Invention marketing companies, Prototypes, Research, Why inventors fail
Every day across America, across the globe, thousands of new inventors have their first aha moment: an idea for a new invention to solve an old problem. In March, 2002, I dreamed up an idea for a thin, flexible wallet to solve the ‘rump bump' problem. A flood of...
by Alan | Dec 3, 2016 | Behaviors of success, Due diligence, Invention, Invention marketing companies, Lambert & Lambert, Paths for your product, Pursue your passion
What are biggest barriers that prevent inventors with great products from achieving success? Interestingly, the biggest barriers to inventor success are not what immediately comes to mind for most people: money, competition, or lack of connections. Why? While those...
by Alan | Nov 6, 2016 | Invention, Invention marketing companies, Keys to Success, Leverage, Licensing, Product development
William Jones, captain of Marines in the Providence (the 28-gun frigate, not the 12-gun sloop) then at Boston, advertised in the 20 March 1779 Providence (R.I.) Gazette the need for “a few good Men” to engage in “a short Cruize” and gave the...
