Monthly Archives: April 2015

The New Corporate Success: Less Corporate, More Success

Posted on 04/29/2015 by ideaworth

As I have mentioned in several past posts, today’s landscape of corporate success looks nothing like the picture in the 70s and 80s. Below are some relevant previous posts: Changing Landscape Why Inventors Matter Mellow Monday Part II A recent Gallup … Continue reading →

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Inventing Basics: Focus, Finance, and Feedback – Part III

Posted on 04/25/2015 by ideaworth

The next three blogs will address three topics important to inventors: Focus Finance Feedback Today’s topic: Feedback The process of dreaming up an idea, transforming it into an invention, then a product, and getting it into the marketplace is a meticulous, difficult … Continue reading →

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Inventing Basics: Focus, Finance, and Feedback – Part II

Posted on 04/22/2015 by ideaworth

The next three blogs will address three topics important to inventors: Focus Finance Feedback Today’s topic: Finance One of the greatest challenge for inventors is that of how to finance their inventions. Inventing is a high-risk profession – less than … Continue reading →

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Inventing Basics: Focus, Finance, and Feedback – Part I

Posted on 04/18/2015 by ideaworth

  The next three blogs will address three topics important to inventors: Focus Finance Feedback The focus (pun intended) of this first blog: Focus. I have touched on this topic in previous blogs including this one. Focus is a key … Continue reading →

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Inventing is a Marathon not a Sprint

Posted on 04/13/2015 by ideaworth

New inventors sometimes ask me questions like these below: How soon can I get my product “out there”? How long will it take me to get my product licensed? How long will it be before I make money from my … Continue reading →

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Successful Inventors Ignore Statistics

Posted on 04/06/2015 by ideaworth

In our information world we are inundated with statistics on every circumstance imaginable including crime rates, business success rates, graduation rates, and even inventor success rates. (More on the latter shortly). For a variety of reasons, statistics are widely misunderstood … Continue reading →

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Inventing on a Limited Budget

Posted on 04/01/2015 by ideaworth

There are many challenges to inventing, not the least of which is: how to succeed on a limited budget. Patents are expensive – approximately $5,000 – $10,000 or more (depending on invention complexity). Developing, marketing, and bringing your own product … Continue reading →

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