Inventing on a Shoestring Budget

✍ Scribed by Barbara Russell Pitts and Mary Russell Sarao

Year: 2006
Tongue: English
Leaves: 237
Edition: 1
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

Insider tips for bringing your product to market without breaking the bank! How to maximize your chances for successfully moving your idea to market on a limited budget! Where to find free or nearly free help! Tips on how to pace your expenditures! When you must spend money and when you don't have to! How to know whom you can trust and whom you should not trust! Where to find the money to help you pursue your invention! Tips for toy inventors! Discount coupons worth $500 on essential inventor products and services!

✦ Table of Contents

CONTENTS
......Page 10
INTRODUCTION......Page 12
1. INVENTING ON A SHOESTRING BUDGET™? YOU CAN DO IT!......Page 14
2. CHOOSE YOUR BEST IDEA!......Page 22
3. BARGAINS AND FREEBIES!......Page 32
4. YOUR IDEA: IS IT YOURS TO PURSUE?......Page 46
5. DOCUMENT YOUR IDEA AND START PROTECTING IT......Page 60
6. MAKE A PROTOTYPE......Page 74
7. ASK THE EXPERTS......Page 84
8. NEED MONEY?......Page 96
9. PROTECTING YOUR INVENTION - WHAT WILL IT COST?......Page 108
10. NOW WHAT? LICENSE IT OR START A BUSINESS?......Page 124
11. FROM INVENTING TO MARKETING - CHANGING GEARS......Page 138
12. LICENSING AGREEMENTS AND LICENSING AGENTS......Page 152
13. TOYS - SHOESTRING BUDGET™ INVENTING AT ITS BEST!......Page 166
SUMMARY......Page 178
CONCLUSION......Page 180
APPENDIX A – INVENTOR CLUBS......Page 182
APPENDIX B – HELPFUL LINKS......Page 212
APPENDIX C – PATENT & TRADEMARK DEPOSITORY LIBRARIES......Page 220
INDEX
......Page 226

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