American Inventors
LatestWhy All the Fuss?
These two products from Tranquilo Mat inventor Melissa Gersin are intended to help calm fussy babies, which can help exhausted parents get some ZZZs.
Bright Ideas
LatestA Mood Changing Wearable, a Curved Display Smart Watch & More
Learn more about these innovative new Kickstarter projects.
Eye On Washington
LatestPTAB Rulemaking: Past, Present, Future
USPTO Director Andrei Iancu should be supported and encouraged for doing the right thing with the latest change, requiring that testimonial evidence be viewed neutrally.
Inventing 101
LatestThe ABCs of Funding
Do not even consider venture capital unless you have experience and a qualified management team with credentials.
Inventiveness
LatestWhat is the Undisputed Greatest Invention of All Time?
What bigthink.com found may surprise you.
Lander Zone
LatestPitching in Quarantine
Letters and emails to company executives can be an effective option for pitching a licensing opportunity because now your snail mail will reach executives in person, bypassing the usual “gatekeepers” who would have received it before the pandemic.
Marketing Tips
LatestCrowdfunding Tips and Tricks
Planning your crowdfunding campaign is the most important step. Ideally, you’re better off starting 3-4 months out with pre-launch activities. Even longer doesn’t hurt.
Online Only
LatestNFL Seeking Inventors
The NFL Helmet Challenge aims to stimulate the development by experts, innovators and helmet manufacturers of a new helmet for NFL players that outperforms, based on laboratory testing, all helmets currently worn by NFL players.
Time Tested
LatestA Crawl, Not a Zoom
It took nearly a century of fits and starts before videoconferencing exploded during COVID-19.
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