by Alan | Jul 16, 2017 | Behaviors of success, chaos, Creativity, Entrepreneurial rollercoaster, Ideas, Invention, Pursue your passion, Struggling inventor, thriving in chaos, Uncategorized
I frequently compare and contrast my 30 years working in the corporate world as a telecom project manager versus my 15 years as an inventor and entrepreneur. Virtually none of what I learned in the corporate world was helpful for the inventing world. In fact, the two...
by Alan | May 3, 2017 | Career choices, Creativity, Ideas, Innovation, Invention, Licensing, Marketing, Patents, Setbacks
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. Robert Frost The above poem,one of the most oft quoted from poet Robert Frost, resonates with millions more than 100 years after it was written. Inventing...
by Alan | Oct 2, 2016 | Ideas, Importing, Invention, Licensing, Manufacturing in China, Marketing, Patent Search, Patents, Paths for your product
I thought it might be nice to post a variety of common questions that inventors ask and my answers. My answers are, of course, just that: my answers. Other inventors may, no doubt, have different answers than I do. Here are the Q & A's, in no particular order....
by Alan | Jul 10, 2016 | HSN, Ideas, Invention, Patent Search, Patent strategy, QVC
The next three blog posts comprise a “reality check” that every new inventor should consider. The reality is that your new invention idea: May not really be new May not be patentable May not be commercially valuable For this post, let's focus on item 1...
by Alan | Mar 20, 2016 | Ideas, Invention
I haven't published a post for about 3 weeks and I suspect that some readers wondered if I had ceased my blogs. It was merely a brief hiatus so I could go on a grand adventure: to Australia, more about this later. I, along with many other inventors, have written many...
by Alan | Feb 4, 2016 | Creativity, Focus, Ideas, Innovation, Invention, Marketing, Problem-solvers, Surveys, Why inventors fail, Why inventors succeed
The Gordian Knot is a legend of Phrygian Gordium associated with Alexander the Great. It is often used as a metaphor for an intractable problem (disentangling an “impossible” knot) solved easily by loophole or “thinking outside the box”...