by Alan | Aug 30, 2014 | Invention, Keys to Success, Product development, Prototypes, Strategy, Why inventors succeed
Many articles are written about licensing, manufacturing, patenting and other elements important to inventor success. To my experience, inventor success depends crucially upon partnering with and trusting others. Yet almost nothing is ever written about partnering and...
by Alan | Aug 27, 2014 | Invention, Keys to Success, Licensing, Marketing, Product success, Royalty rates, Why inventors succeed
In my last post, I described the strange lives of inventors. Now I’ll go back to a more conventional topic of interest to inventors: licensing: Today’s topic: Key to Successful Licensing – Compromise Almost every inventor dreams of licensing his or her product...
by Alan | Aug 23, 2014 | Invention, Strange lives of inventors
In the previous blog – The Strange Lives of Inventors – I described the challenge of explaining the twists and turns of the invention process to colleagues at work. An easy conclusion is the more an inventor tells colleagues about their endeavors, the more they will...
by Alan | Aug 16, 2014 | Ideas, Invention, Licensing, Marketing, Strange lives of inventors
To quote Monte Python, “now for something completely different.” Today’s topic: The Strange Lives of Inventors Just about every inventor has a “water cooler” conversation with a colleague at work that goes something like this: Colleague: I heard you were working on...
by Alan | Aug 14, 2014 | Invention, Keys to Success, Marketing, Research, Strategy, Why inventors succeed
In recent blog posts, I have described a variety of reasons why inventors often fail. So now, let’s look at reasons why inventors succeed. Today’s topic: Key to Inventor Success – Research Marketing Channels A key to success for any inventor is to recognize which...