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Looking for a ‘Few Good Men & Women’

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...

3 More Keys to Inventing Success

by Alan | Apr 3, 2016 | HSN, Invention, Keys to Success, Product development, product pricing, Profitability, QVC, Wiling to reconsider

In last week's blog, I described 3 keys to inventing success: Solve an annoying problem Retail Sales Price is Less than $20 Must Have a 4X to 5X Mark Up In today's blog, let's consider 3 more keys to inventing success (surely you didn't think there were just three)....

Your Invention: Fail Early and Fail Fast

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...

Inventing: It Takes a Team

by Alan | Jul 12, 2015 | Career success, Creativity, Marketing, Patent Search, Patent strategy, Product development, Product success, Prototypes, Resourcefulness

Picture Thomas Edison, toiling away in the late evening hours trying one after another type of filament in his new invention to turn electricity not into heat, but into light. He just tried another filament that looked promising, but it burned in two and produced no...

Product Development – Essential for Success

by Alan | May 31, 2015 | Career success, Invention, Keys to Success, Licensing, Marketing, Paths for your product, Product development, Why inventors fail

It is often said that new inventions fail 95% of the time. I believe that new inventions fail 100% of the time! Notice I put “inventions” in italics for a reason. Inventions fail 100% of the time because an invention is nothing more than a blueprint: Idea...

Inventors Checklist: Due Diligence

by Alan | Sep 7, 2014 | Invention, Inventors checklist, Patent Search, Product development, Research

The next several blog posts will be upon “checklist” items for inventors: Today’s topic: Inventors Checklist: Due Diligence Imagine you are on an airline flight, lined up at the end of the runway, about to takeoff. The pilot throttles up the engines, releases the...
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