Inventions

Starting a Business

5 Inventors Share The Secret They Wish They'd Known When Developing Their Products. Now Their Brands Sell Millions.

Founders and designers of cookware, boxed wine, soda brands and more share what they know now, and wish they'd known before taking their product to market.

Thought Leaders

5 Things to Look for When Hiring a Patent Portfolio Manager

Hiring the right patent portfolio manager is critical to maximizing your enterprise's intellectual property (IP) potential. A competent manager must possess a blend of these five key competencies.

Starting a Business

7 Steps You Must Take When Inventing a New Product

Once you've created a new product, what's next? Discover the seven essential business steps you must take after creating a new product.

Thought Leaders

Should You Hire an Invention Development Consultant or Handle It on Your Own? Here's How to Decide.

You've got an idea for the next great product, but now you've got to turn it into reality. Should you hire an invention development consultant or strike out on your own?

Innovation

Making Time to Be 'Useless' Is a Vital Part of Creating Anything Valuable

Many of the inventions that changed our world were useless for a long time.

Starting a Business

Why You Should Build a Startup When Everything Has Already Been Invented

Clients and colleagues regularly ask me about this topic.

Innovation

Why You Should Conduct a Quick Patentability Search on Your Own Before Turning to the Experts

It's critical to do your own research before you take the next steps.

Thought Leaders

Why Your Creativity Is Your Most Valuable Skill

Innovation has driven entrepreneurs throughout history, ranging from Leonardo Da Vinci to Elon Musk.

Starting a Business

Become a Product Licensing Machine Using These 8 Strategies

Learn the reason why most product ideas get licensed and how to take advantage of it.

Thought Leaders

5 Goals New Product Prototype Development Will Help You Achieve

To successfully launch a new product, you need to pay special attention to product development and manufacturing. Here's what prototyping teaches about making the best product possible.

Thought Leaders

The Top 10 Industries to License Your New Product Ideas in 2021

Where to target your creativity this year.

Thought Leaders

5 Inventing and Licensing Trends That Will Dominate In 2021

What to know as you're preparing for the year ahead.

Business News

A Japanese Town Is Using Creepy Robotic Wolves to Scare Away Bears

Bear attacks are on the rise and "Monster Wolves" appear to be a solution.

Entrepreneurs

Welcome A New Generation Of Entrepreneurs: Here Are The UAE Winners Of The James Dyson Awards 2020

This year's national James Dyson Award winners in the UAE is the Touch Device, an invention that can help people with visual impairments identify colors through lights and speech feedback.