American Inventors
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Genius in the Fold
POPIN has developed an award-winning, foldable, in-home playground that allows large play structures to fit easily into small apartments.
Bright Ideas
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Bright Ideas: Cookware, Sunglasses & More
These Bright Ideas on Kickstarter and Indiegogo include a portable bidet, an ultrathin portable touchscreen monitor, hemp sunglasses and high-grade cookware.
Eye On Washington
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Circuit, Justice Go Haywire
What is rapidly becoming routine to the patent litigation industry will create shock waves throughout the other 12 circuit courts, upend the rule of law, and damage our nation.
Inventing 101
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Making Products Customer Driven
Inventors frequently create a product that satisfies their needs without considering what target customers want. Even if you have one feature they want, be sure you aren’t missing other features that customers also feel are essential.
Inventiveness
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Who is the Youngest Person to Appear on Shark Tank?
On March 14, 2014, 6-year-old Kiowa Kavovit became the youngest inventor to appear on “Shark Tank.” With the help of her father Andrew, Kiowa came up with an environmentally friendly skin protectant called Boo Boo Goo that paints a bandage onto the skin where the cut has occurred.
Lander Zone
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The Million-Dollar Tagline
Author Ted Nicholas spends weeks creating several taglines for a single product, reshaping them again and again, and finally selecting the best of the best.
Marketing Tips
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Crowdfunding 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
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NFL 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
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Icon for All Seasons
Antonio Pasin’s marketing gamble at the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair helped cement the Red Flyer’s place in American history.
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