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February 5, 2018

How to License Your Hit Idea to a Market Leader

For most entrepreneurs, landing one’s product in a big-box retailer is the ultimate goal. Erin Borges, an inventor and mom from Monterey Calif., did just that […]
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February 5, 2018

From Bartender to Inventor: How to Turn Your Day Job Into Passive Income

Late one night in 2010, at a drinking hole in his Michigan hometown, Lansing, David Fedewa remembers, he was staring at the bartender filling up pitchers […]
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February 6, 2018

This Company Wants to Hear About Your Toy Idea!

I only spent a few years attempting to license my ideas for toys, but the takeaway was clear: This is one incredibly competitive industry! Toy companies […]
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February 6, 2018

There Is A Home for Your Product Ideas!

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 […]
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February 6, 2018

Turn Your Product’s Weaknesses Into Strengths through Creative Marketing!

The Internet is fundamentally changing how innovative products are brought to market. It’s giving them a lifeline, really, be it through crowdfunding, new launch platforms like […]
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February 6, 2018

What It Takes to Sell Your Product “As Seen On TV”

Infomercials have introduced consumers to some of the most memorable products in recent years. When products advertised late at night and into the early morning hit […]
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February 6, 2018

What You Need to Bring a Successful Product Like Guac-Lock to Market

When first-time inventors Jane Och and Sharon Prince came up with a way of storing guacamole that would prevent it from ever turning brown, they never […]
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February 6, 2018

30 Ways to Protect The Commercial Value of Your Creative Ideas

When it comes to intellectual property strategy, there are simply no absolutes. The more you embrace that, the better. So many of the product developers and […]
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February 6, 2018

Things To Do When Your Provisional Patent Application Has Nearly Lapsed

Because I strongly believe in the importance of testing the market, I’m a big proponent of provisional patent applications. Obtaining a non-provisional patent can easily cost […]
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