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Your Invention Action Plan For 2008

2008 has arrived, and with it comes a fresh new year for you to develop your invention or new product and succeed in selling or licensing it to a company.

With it also comes a fresh, clean slate. You can take the best lessons learned last year, and leave the baggage of disappointment and guilt behind, where it belongs - in the past.

Time to wipe the whiteboard clean and start plotting out your strategies and plans for moving your idea forward. Read More...

The Three P's of Analyzing An Invention or New Product Idea

The single most important stage in developing a new product or invention exists well before the actual product does - in the early analysis of the idea.

Before spending lots of time and money on pursuing your new invention idea, you must consider the following Three P's of Analyzing An Invention's Potential:
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7 Foolproof Secrets For Invention Success

Inventors are often their own worst enemies... It's very unfortunate, but it's true. When it comes time to bring their inventions and new product ideas to the marketplace or to the attention of the media, far too many independent or individual inventors totally screw it up right off the bat. The worst part is that it doesn't have to be that way!
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Hangups About Making Money Kill Inventions

On a basic level, nearly all inventors want to make money with their invention.

That is not to say that many inventors are not primarily motivated by their desire to help people, and improve the world at large with their invention, because that is indisputably so. However, it is to say that many people who are so inclined can often have irrational hang-ups and baggage about the business world and making money. Read More...

The Two Paths To Invention Profits

One of the most significant things any successful inventor must understand is that, above all else, the primary objective with their invention is profitable sales of product, hopefully on a large scale. Obviously, this type of thinking goes well beyond merely understanding the proposed workings of their new invention. Read More...

Top 5 Invention Myths

1) The first thing an inventor must do is file for a patent on their idea before someone else does it first.
Ignoring the oversimplification of simply “patenting” an idea, as if it were so easy, this line of reasoning is nonsense for a variety of reasons, not the least of which being, once patented, your invention becomes publicly available to be scrutinized, reverse engineered and designed around – allowing the possibility of beating you to market, if you’re not prepared to go to market before they are.
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