by abeckley | Jun 27, 2015 | Career success, Innovation, Invention, Invention failure, Keys to Success, Marketing, Patent Search, Patent strategy, product pricing, Success rates, Why inventors fail
Every great invention begins first with an idea, an aha moment. Dealing with problems often points to unexpected opportunities. Not surprisingly, many invention ideas are solutions to annoying problems. Now that you have your aha moment, your great idea, what should...
by abeckley | Jun 23, 2015 | Creativity, Focus, Invention, Invention failure, Keys to Success, Paths for your product, resilience, Strategy, Visualize your success
Rule #2 from 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Begin with the end in mind. This advice is particularly relevant for inventors. Being laser focused upon what you want to achieve will guide you to success more quickly. I wish I had taken this advice when I became an...
by abeckley | Jun 13, 2015 | Career success, Innovation, Invention, Invention failure, Keys to Success, Marketing, Patent Search, Patent strategy, product pricing, Success rates, Why inventors fail
Like most businesses, invention has its myths and its maths. Myths are beliefs that, while intriguing and enticing, simply are not true – they are myths. Maths are the opposite of myths; they are concepts that are intrinsically true, but, far from being...
by abeckley | Jun 3, 2015 | Career success, Financing an invention, Invention, Invention failure, Invention marketing companies, Investors, Keys to Success, Licensing, Why inventors fail
When I was a child, one of the first lessons I learned from my parents was “follow the rules” – of appropriate behavior. Throughout our adult lives we learn to ‘follow the rules' for success in our career (show up on time, get projects finished...
by abeckley | Apr 6, 2015 | Career success, Ideas, Invention, Invention failure, Patents, Success rates, Why inventors succeed
In our information world we are inundated with statistics on every circumstance imaginable including crime rates, business success rates, graduation rates, and even inventor success rates. (More on the latter shortly). For a variety of reasons, statistics are widely...
by abeckley | 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...
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