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 | Nov 2, 2016 | Career choices, Career success, chaos, Invention, Pursue your passion
I just returned home from a 10-day driving vacation from Texas through New Mexico to Cottonwood, AZ and back – about 2,400 miles in total. I went hiking with my sister, her partner and my daughter, it was great fun for all. On the way home, I got a great...
by Alan | Apr 21, 2016 | Career choices, chaos, Job stability, Technology advances, thriving in chaos, Wiling to reconsider
Every musician dreams of becoming the next big rock star. The reality for most is having a primary income – their day” job – and working periodic “gigs” on weekends or evenings playing in whatever club will have them. Musicians commonly...
by Alan | Oct 11, 2015 | Career success, chaos, Creativity, Ideas, Innovation, Licensing, Marketing, Royalty rates, Strange lives of inventors, Struggling inventor, thriving in chaos
As I mentioned in a previous post, inventing is chaotic and confusing compared to other careers. Inventing is a lonely endeavor and one your friends and colleagues will never understand no matter how you try to explain it. Lonely Days and Lonely Nights Many inventors...
by Alan | Feb 28, 2015 | Career success, chaos, Invention, Invention failure, Keys to Success, resilience, Resourcefulness, Strategy, thriving in chaos, tinkerers, Why inventors fail, Why inventors succeed
As an inventor and consultant, I feel part of my mission is to help aspiring inventors; in some cases by discouraging them from being inventors. Why? The odds of success for a new aspiring inventor are less than 5%, perhaps less than 2% – about the same odds of...
by Alan | Feb 26, 2015 | chaos, Invention, Invention failure, Strategy, Why inventors fail, Wiling to reconsider
I have mentioned in past posts that less than 5% of all patent holders ever make a cent from their products. Some of the reasons are that inventors don't realize how difficult it is to market a product successfully, how costly it will be to develop and distribute it,...