by Alan | Nov 20, 2017 | Product success, QVC, tinkerers, Uncategorized
In your fervent imagination, I'll bet there was a time when you thought, “I can just sell my idea to someone and get rich!” Admit it! You did think that didn't you? But, after a small amount of due diligence, reality hit with a thud: you cannot sell an...
by Alan | May 15, 2017 | DRTV, Due diligence, HSN, Invention, Invention failure, Invention marketing companies, Patent Search, Patents, QVC, Sell on TV
Inventing is a challenging profession: it is capital intensive and many big costs occur in the beginning and the profits, if any, may not come until years later, if ever. Who wants to sign up? Obviously, I ‘signed up' or I wouldn't be writing this blog....
by Alan | Mar 25, 2017 | Attitude, Behaviors of success, Benefits are easily demonstrated, Criticism, Critiquing ideas, Dealing with rejection, Disappointments, DRTV, Invention, Paths for your product, QVC, Sell on TV, Strategy, Turning setbacks into success
For over fourteen years, I made a living, first part-time and now full-time, from creative endeavors, most especially, inventing. It took me a few years to realize that many of foundational values of the corporate world, don't work well at all in the inventing,...
by Alan | Aug 7, 2016 | American Dream, Big success, Career success, Dealing with rejection, Disappointments, DRTV, Invention, Keys to Success, Licensing, QVC, Sell on TV, Setbacks, TV testing, Web testing
This post is a follow up to Turning No's Into Inventing Success from last week. In that post, I described the most painful no I ever received – from a large wallet manufacturer who had initially been keenly interested in licensing my product. The second defining...
by Alan | Jul 31, 2016 | Dealing with rejection, Invention, Invention failure, Marketing, Paths for your product, Product success, QVC, resilience, Sell on TV, Setbacks
I hesitated to write this particular blog post. I knew lots of readers would roll their eyes and say to themselves, “oh boy, another tawdry tale about failing in the process of success.” I know. But, honestly, I had to write this post. Why? Three reasons:...
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...