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Inventor Financial Blunders – and How to Avoid Them

by abeckley | 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....

Your New Invention May not be “New”

by abeckley | 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...

3 More Keys to Inventing Success

by abeckley | Apr 3, 2016 | HSN, Invention, Keys to Success, Product development, product pricing, Profitability, QVC, Wiling to reconsider

In last week's blog, I described 3 keys to inventing success: Solve an annoying problem Retail Sales Price is Less than $20 Must Have a 4X to 5X Mark Up In today's blog, let's consider 3 more keys to inventing success (surely you didn't think there were just three)....

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