http://www.ideabuyer.com/news Patent News, New Product Development News, Intellectual Property News Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:31:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Turning an Invention into a Business By Eric Corl, Idea Buyer LLC The way most people (and infomercials) portray inventing, it seems like building something is the endgame. Create the widget, the logic goes, and your job is done. All that remains now is sitting back and waiting for fame, fortune and ... http://www.ideabuyer.com/news/invention-into-a-business/ IdeaBuyercom is now on Twitter. If you are an avid twitter user or beginner, sign up to receive our tweets on commercializing your intellectual property! http://twitter.com/IDEABUYERcom http://www.ideabuyer.com/news/ideabuyerco/ One of the most common obstacles facing the new inventor is running a patent search. There are many reasons why an inventor would want to do this. The most obvious reason is to justify spending a great deal of time and money on an invention by determining that no one ... http://www.ideabuyer.com/news/how-to-conduct-a-patent-search/ http://www.ideabuyer.com/news/creating-a-sales-pitch/ Stop Whining and Start Winning! “I do not fear failure. I only fear the "slowing up" of the engine inside of me which is pounding, saying, "Keep going, someone must be on top, why not you?"” - ... http://www.ideabuyer.com/news/why-not-you/ Idea Buyer - Inventions then and now - http://www.ideabuyer.com/news/inventions-then-and-now/ "If you want a recipe for a startup that's going to die, here it is: a couple of founders who have some great idea they know everyone is going to love, and that's what they're going to build, no matter what." - Paul Graham As an inventor, it is all too tempting ... http://www.ideabuyer.com/news/importance-of-purchase-orders/ In inventing, few ideas are more comforting – and more dangerous – than "someday." To the inventor with a product in mind, the concept of "someday" becomes a security blanket, allowing him to endlessly theorize about his idea and safeguarding him from responsibility for bringing it to market. After all, ... http://www.ideabuyer.com/news/someday-is-not-a-day-of-the-week/ One seldom-discussed but important aspect of inventing success is having good technical drawings. A technical drawing varies from a simple sketch or layman's drawing in a notebook. While these are helpful in the early stages of conceptualizing, a technical drawing is a much more detailed visual representation intended to "concisely ... http://www.ideabuyer.com/news/the-importance-of-technical-drawings/ Do you feel like you have worked so hard to move your invention along, and now you are just stuck? Do you just need some guidance as to where to go from here? Hopefully this newsletter series has helped you to understand the normal progression of the invention process, while helping ... http://www.ideabuyer.com/news/now-what-phase-four/