You don’t have to be a mechanical genius to be an inventor. Anyone can invent – a parent wrestling with a baby sling …a coach frustrated with slick-soled running shoes …an office worker determined to keep the computer cords untangled. Inventing is simply finding clever solutions to everyday challenges. Author and inventor Patricia Nolan-Brown has turned common annoyances into ingenious and money-making products. She shares the tricks of her trade in Idea to Invention, a practical guide that helps ordinary people look at their world with the eyes of an inventor. Readers will learn six simple steps to invention – and discover: how they rate on six crucial personality traits; creativity habits that spark invention; the power of tape-and-paper prototypes to refine their vision; how to navigate the ins and outs of licensing and patenting their product; the pros and cons of finding a licensed manufacturer vs. running a home-based assembly line; how to promote their invention-from perfecting the pitch and finding store buyers to trade-show shortcuts and strategies for creating buzz online; and product enhancements that add years to shelf life. From initial concept to thriving business, this handy guide simplifies the invention process and gives creative thinkers the competitive edge they need to achieve success.
It’s like getting great advice from a very knowledgeable friend… As an acrostic puzzle constructor, I originally planned to scan this book quickly for a quotation I could use in my current volume of puzzles, which just happens to be about inventions and inventors.But I started reading and couldn’t stop. It’s such a fun and engaging book, I zipped through it in a couple of hours, and learned a lot along the way.I highly recommend this book for anyone who wants to know just what it takes to turn an idea into a successful product. And…
The best book on this subject to date Invaluable, that’s what this book is…invaluable not only if you’re inventor like the author but if you’re anyone who has had a good idea sometime in their life; and how has not?I have read a number of books on how to take your invention and market it to success and none of them are as clear and straight forward as this one. Reading it feels like you are at Starbucks having a coffee with your friend Pat Nolan-Brown and she is helping you figure out how to get your…
“Don’t worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you’ll have to ram them down people’s throats.” The observation by Howard Aiken correctly notes some of the challenges that await those who formulate what they believe to be a “great idea.” How to convert that idea into what Patricia Nolan-Brown characterizes as an “invention,” at least in the form of a prototype, and then take it to market? Her answer to that question is provided within this book: “My message in a nutshell is that anyone can become a successful inventor. Just think ‘six-plus-six’ — six personal traits for success and six…