I keep hearing that the hot inventing categories are: “Green” Housewares Tools Pets Source: brykmantra Since I’m working on a pet product right now I thought I would share some industry statistics: You might be interesed in reading … The Medium is the Message Invention “Contest” Sites How to Get Started with Inventing Thank you [...]
I’m becoming a bigger fan of ABC’s Shark Tank, now in season 2. The first company to present was Send a Ball. A small family run business started by two sisters in Chicago. They did not get the funding they asked for so how about sending them some love. Why not check them out and [...]
The Invention Addict 12 Step Program to Invent—Going from Inspiration to Innovation. This is a series of posts on the 12 steps how to invent a product. A DIY class for Inventors. The seventh step is PRODUCTIZATION – “The act of modifying something, such as a concept or a tool internal to an organization, to [...]
Although I have not yet had a successful Quirky submission (I only entered in the freebies) I do have 6 US patents and 17 years in product development and design. I’ve read through many of the submissions and I cringe sometimes to think someone plunked down $100 bucks for and idea that is not unique, [...]
