Rebounding in a Recession
October 21st, 2011
The Tale of Two Hair Tools By Joan Lefkowitz In the last 20 years, the United States has experienced two rough recessions. We’ve all heard the hemline theory: Bullish times raise hems; bear markets drop them. A similar phenomenon seems to happen in hair fashion. Hair goes up in down markets. At least it did [...]
5+ Tips on How to Grow Your Business
October 18th, 2011
Nell Merlino, CEO of the nonprofit women business mentoring organization Count Me In, offers five gender-neutral tips to grow your startup. End Game 1.Start with the end in mind: Write down or cut out pictures of what you ultimately see for your business. The more specific you can be, the more likely you will be [...]
What First-to-File Really Means
October 17th, 2011
- Time Is Not on Your Side By Jeff Dalton The America Invents Act will make patent protection more important than ever for startups, individual inventors and small businesses. The new law contains sweeping changes. These include funding revisions for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and new rules for re-examining existing patents But the [...]
New Exhibit at Nat’l Inventors Hall of Fame
October 14th, 2011
Exercising Ingenuity: Celebrating health and fitness trends throughout the years In tribute to the importance the health, fitness and nutrition industries have played in American lives over the years, the National Inventors Hall of Fame and Museum presents Exercising Ingenuity, its latest exhibit. The exhibit highlights inventions, patents, and trademarks that have emerged from past and [...]
Fashionista on Got Invention Radio
October 13th, 2011
Marty Stevens-Heebner is the founder and president of Rebagz Handbags, an award-winning eco-fashion line that was named 2009 California Small Business of the Year. Hear the archived interview at Got Invention Radio. Download or listen to previous shows anytime. Subscribe to Got Invention Radio on iTunes for free! You also can email info@gotinvention.com. Marty’s been called a “fashion [...]
How to Gather Intel on Competitors
October 12th, 2011
By Marcy Phelps When starting a business or launching a new product, it’s wise to do your research. Informed decisions make the best decisions. And when credit is tight, we often need to show lenders and investors that we have a solid understanding of our target markets. Unfortunately, neither your customers nor your competitors make [...]
Innovation Starts Here
October 11th, 2011
E-Team Grants Need funding to move your ideas ahead? You’re in luck – the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance has start-up cash. E-Team grants award up to $20,000 to help develop and test prototypes, conduct market research or pay for legal advice. The next deadline is Dec. 2, 2011. If accepted into the program, [...]
Meet the Nation’s Top New Inventors
October 10th, 2011
By Mike Drummond It looked easy on paper. Search the nation for stand-out college students doing ground-breaking, innovative research-and-development in the areas of science, technology and engineering. Finding these bright, motivated young people – in short, future inventors – wasn’t the hard part. Post a clarion on Facebook and Twitter and ping a couple of [...]
Radio Free Inventing
October 6th, 2011
Inventors Digest’s own Mike Drummond was a guest on Got Invention Radio and gave his candid thoughts on the state of the inventing industry. Patent reform, scam operations and trends – among many other topics – were all up for discussion. Go to www.gotinvention.com to hear the show. Mike supervises content development and marketing of Inventors Digest, [...]
Funding Startups
October 5th, 2011
Inventors Digest proudly supports the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance. The NCIIA helps fund collegiate inventor/entrepreneurs, particularly those pursuing sustainable energy and biomed endeavors. With a membership of nearly 200 colleges and universities from all over the United States, the NCIIA engages more than 5,000 student and faculty innovators and entrepreneurs each year, helping [...]
