Category: Inventing 101
10 Criteria for a Winning Product
These 10 criteria can help you decide which product could be your ticket to major success. You don’t need to satisfy all 10, but the more you meet the better chance you will have.
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Identifying the Right Target Market
Choose your target market carefully. There are many factors that determine the right target market, but two important ones are market size and pricing.
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3D Printing? Try the Library
Inventors have a significant advantage if they own the often-expensive equipment that allows them to make 3D models for their initial models or prototypes. But did you know that many libraries have added 3D printers that you can use?
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Find Contacts and Use Them Well
Steps to get in the door with your target companies.
It’s a great benefit to inventors when they find a supporter early, before making any formal sales calls.
Seniors’ Impact on Inventing Grows
Older innovators often have unique knowledge, foresight.
Within a couple of decades, older people are projected to outnumber children for the first time in U.S. history.
5 Inventor Traits To Eliminate Immediately
Most inventors are wonderful people, but I find that most, if not all, exhibit some traits that are holding them back from getting their products to market.
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Handy, Schmandy: Manufacturing and Licensing by Yourself
Having inventing talent isn’t crucial for getting your
product to market
It’s essential to make the right choices involving manufacturing
by yourself, licensing and crowdfunding.
Success Goes Beyond Dollars
A strong innovation component is crucial to an invention’s value Invention, at its core, is a...
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Searching for That ‘Secret Sauce’
There is no surefire formula for invention success; the Pet Rock made millions of dollars, yet a...
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Why Do So Many Start-ups Fail? Two Surveys Highlight Common Factors
Failure for startups can be defined in many ways, but the factors involved are often consistent.
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Consider Mobile for Your Next Invention
Commercializing and patenting smartphone apps involves a different set of issues than those confronting people who deal with traditional types of inventions.
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Common Barriers to Commercialization of Your Invention
Before you attempt to commercialize your invention, you should consider whether there are any major barriers ahead. Here’s some common ones
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