Inventing on a shoestring budget! : insider tips for bringing your product to market without breaking the bank!

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! CONTENTS ......Page 10 INTRODUCTION......Page 12 1. INVENTING ON A SHOESTRING BUDGETTM? 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 BUDGETTM 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 Written by inventors for inventors, this guide outlines the steps involved with moving a product from the idea phase to market on an extremely limited budget. Filled with advice on how to save money during every phase of the inventive process and how to avoid falling into the traps set to ensnare unwary inventors, this handbook defines the steps involved in developing, protecting, and marketing ideas while maximizing the chances of getting products to market. Tips include how to find out if your idea has already been done; how to obtain free (or nearly free) help; how to pace expenditures; when to spend money and when to hold back; how to know who may or may not be trusted; and where to find sources of funding to enable the pursuit of the invention. Show More Show Less --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Written by inventors for inventors, this guide outlines the steps involved with moving a product from the idea phase to market on an extremely limited budget. Filled with advice on how to save money during every phase of the inventive process and how to avoid falling into the traps set to ensnare unwary inventors, this handbook defines the steps involved in developing, protecting, and marketing ideas while maximizing the chances of getting products to market. Tips include how to find out if your idea has already been done; how to obtain free (or nearly free) help; how to pace expenditures; when to spend money and when to hold back; how to know who may or may not be trusted; and where to find sources of funding to enable the pursuit of the invention.

Offers advice on how to maximize your chances of being able to bring your invention to market on a limited budget, dicussing where to find free help, tips on pacing your expenditures, how to know whom you can trust, and where to find money to pursue your idea