- Filter by
- Categories
- Tags
- Authors
- Show all
- All
- Alamo Inventors
- Best Practices
- Brand Licensing
- Chicago Inventors Organization
- Crowdfunding
- Entrepreneurship
- Helpful Resources
- Houston Inventors Association
- IGA Newsletters
- Inventing
- Inventopreneurs
- Inventor Group News
- Inventor Success Stories
- Inventor's Project
- Inventors Association of Arizona
- Inventors Council of Central Florida
- Inventors Council of Mid Michigan
- Inventors Network Kentucky
- Inventors Society of South Florida
- Iowa Inventors Group
- JIN - Jackson Inventors Network
- Licensing Your Ideas
- Marketing
- Michigan Inventors Coalition
- Muskegon Inventors Network
- National Academy of Inventors
- Negotiation
- Open Innovation/Inventor Friendly Companies
- Product Development
- Protecting Your Ideas / Patents
- Prototypes
- Sample Documents
- San Diego Inventors Forum
- Selling
- Social Media Marketing
- Starting A Business
- Tradeshows
- Uncategorized
- Videos
- All
- 1/18:
- 10th
- 11th
- 12th:
- 13th
- 14th
- 17th
- 19th
- 1st:
- 2-10
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 20210427
- 20th
- 21st
- 27th
- 28th
- 29th
- 2nd:
- 30th
- 3rd:
- 4th:
- 5th:
- 6:30):
- 6:30pm
- 6th:
- 7:00):
- 7:00pm):
- 7pm:
- 7th:
- 8th:
- abandoned
- ability
- about
- abroad
- abstracts
- academic
- academy
- accepting
- access
- acting
- action
- activities
- actually
- adrian
- advanced
- advantage
- adversity
- advice
- afraid
- after
- against
- agreement
- aimee
- alamo
- alex
- alive
- almost-there
- already
- always
- amazon
- american
- angel
- angels
- anniversary
- announced
- announcement
- announces
- annual
- another
- answer
- antonio
- anything
- apples
- application
- apply
- approaching
- april
- arizona
- arrived!
- association
- associations
- astra
- attached
- attendees
- attorney
- auditions
- august
- austria
- author
- available
- avoid
- awards
- away
- awesome
- back
- banana?
- barnhill
- barry
- bartender
- basics
- beautiful
- became
- become
- becoming
- been
- before
- begins
- behaviors
- behind
- being
- benefit
- benefits
- bennett
- best
- best-selling
- better
- between
- beyond
- biggest
- bill
- billions
- black
- blakely
- blankenship
- blue
- bluegrass
- bonus
- book
- boost
- boot
- booth
- bootstrapped
- bootstrapping
- boring
- boss
- bought
- bounce
- box?
- brainstorming
- brand
- branding/marketing
- brands)
- break
- brian
- bridgette
- brinegar
- bring
- bringing
- brooks
- bubble
- build
- building
- built
- burkhardt
- burnout
- business
- buyers
- calendar
- calendars
- call
- calling
- calls?
- calm
- campaign!
- cancellation
- cancelled
- capital
- capital/angel
- capitol
- cardboard
- careful
- carroll
- case
- catch
- celebrate
- celebrates
- celebrating
- celebration
- center
- challenge
- chance
- chances
- change:
- changes
- channel
- charades!
- charles
- chat
- cheek
- cheek'd!
- chicago
- chris
- christmas
- chronicle
- church
- cio's
- city
- claims?
- class
- clause
- cleaner
- clickable
- closed
- coach
- coalition
- code
- cokes
- cold
- colonel
- come
- comes
- comfortable
- coming
- commercialization
- commercializing
- common
- companies
- company
- competition
- competitive
- complicated
- components
- concept
- concepts
- conference
- congratulations
- congressional
- congressman
- consider
- considering
- consultation
- consultations
- contest
- contract
- cookie?
- copied
- copycat
- corns
- corporate
- correction
- cost
- cottor
- could
- council
- counting
- coventry
- covid
- covid-19
- create
- creative
- creatively
- creativity
- critical
- critically
- crow
- crowdfunding?
- crucial
- curtis
- customer
- customers
- cyber
- dana
- daredevil
- darn
- database
- date
- dave
- david
- daymond
- days
- dead
- deadline
- deals
- debetta
- debetta's
- december
- decisions
- deepest
- delude
- demonstration
- demotype?
- derail
- design
- designs
- destroy
- device
- didn't
- difference
- different
- digital
- director
- disabilities
- discounted
- discover
- discussion
- disruptive
- distracted
- doctor
- doctors
- doer
- does
- doing
- don't
- door
- down
- draft
- dream
- dreams
- driving
- droege
- dublin
- during
- dysfunctional
- early
- easy
- ecosystem
- eddie
- edison
- education
- educational
- effect
- eggs?!
- elam!
- elected
- elite
- embraces
- employees
- ending
- engineering
- enough
- entire
- entrepreneur
- entrepreneurs
- entrepreneurship
- environment?
- essential
- essentials
- even
- event
- events
- ever
- everybody
- everyone
- everything
- everywhere
- examiner
- excited
- excitement
- exciting
- excuses
- exemplifies
- existing
- exit
- experienced
- expert
- expo
- expose
- extremely
- facts
- fail
- failure
- failures
- fair
- fall
- false
- family
- fast
- fear
- fears
- feat
- featured
- february
- fellows
- ferguson
- fight
- fighting
- file
- filing
- final
- finalists
- find
- finding
- finish
- finkler
- fireside
- fireworks
- first
- fischlschweigers
- flash!!!
- flexible
- focus
- focusing
- food
- forcefield
- foreman
- forrest
- forum
- forward
- francis
- frank
- frankentype?
- free
- freelance
- friday
- friends
- from
- frozen
- fruit
- full
- fundamentals
- funding
- funny
- future
- fwd:
- gadget
- galore
- game
- garbage
- garguilo
- garrett:
- gary
- gatekeeper
- gatto
- gender
- gene
- general
- george
- gets
- getting
- give
- glenn
- global
- gobble
- goes
- going
- gonin'
- good
- gordon
- gorillamaker
- gornet
- gosar
- grand
- granted
- great
- greetings
- gretchen
- grill
- group
- grow
- growing
- guidelines
- guy!
- gvsu
- hack
- hair-care
- halloween!
- handle
- happen
- happened
- happy
- hard
- hardware
- hasbro-indiegogo
- hating
- have
- haves
- having
- heard
- heart
- hedy
- help
- here
- here's
- hiding
- highlights
- hill
- history
- hobson
- hobson's
- hold
- holding
- holiday
- holidays!
- holy
- home
- honesty
- honoring
- hooky
- hope
- hosted
- hosts
- hotel
- house
- housewares
- houston
- however-
- huge
- humbug
- hybrid
- hype
- ialc
- iccf
- icymi:
- idea
- ideas
- iga's
- illustrations
- impact
- importance
- important
- improved
- improvement
- inaugural
- incredible
- inductees
- induction
- industry
- info
- information
- infringement
- inhibitors
- initiative
- ink:
- innovate
- innovating
- innovation
- innovative
- input
- inside!
- inspire
- instant
- institute
- intellectual
- intentionally
- interested
- internet
- interview
- into
- intrepid
- intriguing
- invalidated
- invent
- invented
- inventing
- inventing/business
- invention
- inventopreneurs:
- inventor
- inventor-con
- inventor/entrepreneur
- inventorcon
- inventors
- inventors-entrepreneur
- inventors-entrepreneurs-business
- inventors-entrepreneurs-events
- inventors/entrepreneurs
- investors
- invisible
- invitation
- ipac
- issue
- issues
- it's
- jackson
- janitor
- january
- jeans
- john
- johnson
- join
- joins
- joseph
- july
- june
- just
- keep
- keeping
- kellow
- kelly
- keynote
- kickstart
- kickstarter:
- kids
- kill
- kind
- know
- knowles
- kodak
- lab!
- landrum
- landscape
- language
- lansing
- last
- latest
- latta
- launch
- launcher
- lead
- leader
- lean
- learn
- left
- lessons
- letter
- levy
- lex:
- lexington
- library's
- license
- licensees
- licensing
- licensing-'in'
- life
- lifetime
- light
- like
- lindsey
- lineup
- link
- listening
- litigation
- live
- local
- location
- longtail
- look
- looking
- lou:
- louis
- louisville
- louisville's
- love
- luncheon
- mabry
- made
- major
- make
- make48's
- makes
- making
- mangano!
- manual
- manufacture
- manufacturing
- many
- march
- mark
- market
- marketing
- marlowe
- matal
- math
- mattel
- maximize
- mead
- meaning
- media
- medical
- meet
- meeting
- meetings
- melbourne
- member
- members
- membership
- memphis
- metro
- mhub!
- michael
- michigan
- million
- million-dollar
- millionth
- mims
- mind"
- mindset
- miss
- missed
- mission
- mistakes
- mobility
- molding
- moment?
- monash
- monday
- money
- month
- month's
- more!
- most
- mother's
- mount
- move
- movie
- movies
- much
- murphy
- muskegon
- must
- musts
- myths
- nai's
- nation
- national
- ndsu
- need
- needed
- needs
- negotiate
- negotiation
- network
- networking
- never
- new-product
- newell
- news
- newsletter
- newsletters
- next
- night
- nomination
- nominations
- non-disclosure
- non-technical
- note
- notice
- november
- now!
- numbers
- nurses
- october
- offers
- office
- official
- on-camera
- once
- one-hit
- one-miss)
- online
- only
- open
- opportunities
- opportunity?
- optics
- opts
- order
- ordered
- organization
- other
- others
- over
- overcome
- owners-
- page
- paid
- panels
- papers
- part
- partnership
- party
- pass
- patent
- patented?"
- patents:
- paul
- paula
- pelkus
- pending
- people
- performance
- performers
- perkins:
- pet-washer
- photos
- pick
- pictionary
- pippins
- pitch:
- pitching
- pizza
- place
- places
- plain
- planning
- plate
- play
- please
- podcast!
- poll
- popular
- possess
- possible
- potluck
- powerhouse
- powerpoint
- practices
- prayers
- premier
- prepare
- present
- preserve
- president
- price
- prices!
- printing:
- probably
- problems
- process
- product
- product/market
- products
- professional
- profile
- profit
- profitable
- program
- progress
- projects
- promise!
- proof
- property
- protect
- protecting
- prototype
- prototypes
- prototyping
- provisional
- ptab
- publicity
- publishes
- pull
- purchase
- putting
- q&
- question
- questions
- quick
- quinn
- qvc?
- radtech
- raise
- raising
- rapid
- rather
- re-invented
- reach
- read
- ready
- real
- realized
- really
- reason
- reasons
- recognition
- recognizes
- record
- register
- registered
- registration
- reinvent
- related
- released
- remembering
- reminder:
- replay
- report
- represent
- representatives
- representing
- request
- rescheduled
- resolution
- resources
- response
- retailers
- reviews
- rice
- richard
- rick
- right
- rights
- ripped
- risk
- rmit
- roentz
- rollin'
- royalties
- ryan
- sager
- sale
- sales
- sample
- sanders
- sandra
- sara
- satc
- sauer
- save
- sbir
- scammed
- scare
- schlipp
- schrodinger's
- schweikert
- scott
- scrape
- sdif
- sean
- search?
- searching
- season
- season's
- seasonal
- secrecy
- secret
- seeking
- seen
- sell
- selling
- senate
- senators
- senior
- sensitive!
- sept
- september
- series
- serious?
- service
- services
- sets
- shark
- sheet
- sheltowee
- shift
- short
- should
- shouldn't
- show
- showcase
- shower
- shows
- sign
- signal
- silence"
- simple
- simplest
- sinai
- singapore
- slay
- slides
- small
- smart
- social
- sold
- solve
- some
- someone?
- sooner
- speak
- speaker
- speakers
- special
- spite
- sponsorships
- spot
- stand
- start
- started
- starts
- startup
- startups
- state
- steals
- steps
- still
- stolen
- stoop!
- stop
- stores
- stories
- story
- strange
- strategic
- strategies
- strongest
- struggle
- student
- stuff
- stupid
- submissions
- submit
- success
- successful
- successfully
- sullivan
- summit!
- super
- superpowers
- superzoo
- support
- sure
- surprising
- survival
- survive
- sympathies
- symposium
- table
- take
- takes
- tale
- talk
- talker
- tank
- tanya
- taylor
- tech
- technologies
- technology
- teeth
- telephone
- tell
- temptation
- test
- texas
- than
- thanaa's
- thanksgiving
- that
- them?
- themselves
- then
- there
- these
- they
- thing
- things
- think
- thinkers!
- this
- thomas
- thought
- thrived
- thursday
- tickets
- time
- tinkerville?
- tips
- today
- tomorrow
- tonight
- tonight's
- tool
- topic
- total
- tour
- toy?
- trade
- trademark
- tradeshow
- traits
- transfer
- transform
- trap"
- trapped
- traps
- troop
- true
- trusty
- truth
- truths
- trying
- tuesday
- turn
- turned
- turner
- tuttle
- tv"?
- unconventional
- under
- underestimate
- unique
- universities
- university
- unlikely
- uofl's
- up"?
- update
- used
- using
- uspto
- valuable
- value
- vendor
- venture
- very
- victim
- video
- vienna
- village
- virtual
- visits
- vote
- wall
- walmart
- want
- wants
- warren
- wary
- washer
- wasters
- watchdog
- ways
- webex
- webinar
- website
- wedesday
- wednesday
- week
- weekly
- weeks
- weinstein
- welcome
- well
- went
- were
- wham-o
- what
- what's
- wheel
- when
- where
- which
- whole
- wilderness
- wildly
- will
- willing
- wire
- with
- without
- woman's
- women
- women's
- won't
- wonder
- woods
- woof
- words
- work
- worked!
- working
- workshop
- world
- worldwide
- worried
- worry
- worst
- worst-selling
- worth?
- wright
- written
- wrong
- xometry
- xpromos
- year
- years
- you're
- you've
- you've
- you?
- your
- yourself
- youtube
- zoom
February 6, 2018
Most inventors, entrepreneurs, product developers — everyday people with ideas — are fearful and intimidated. They’re wary of approaching companies that manufacture similar products with their […]
Do you like it?
April 5, 2019
Don reveals what to do if you’re not seeing signs of life in your startup, 5 ways to get the right customer input, and more… Do […]
Do you like it?
November 20, 2019
We’re excited to announce our new class to help you Protect What’s Valuable about your idea, invention or startup! We’re Excited to Announce the Release of […]
Do you like it?
May 29, 2020
Don talks about the urban legend of mailing yourself a letter, how to design optics that look good AND sell your product, and more… Exposing the […]
Do you like it?
January 22, 2021
Don unpacks the truth about your patent’s value, the story of Colonel Sanders’ overcoming failure, and more… How Much Is Your Patent Really Worth? Do you […]
Do you like it?