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- What can you Patent
- Why patent an idea?
- Inventors need a Sketchbook
- Do marketing companies actually work for inventors?
- Business Plan for Inventors
- Why do I need a Prototype?
- Should You Start Up A Business?
- How Do I Find Great Ideas?
- Product Design Process
- Inventors and Accountancy
- Don’t Rush Your Invention
- What is Rapid Prototyping?
- Choosing the Right Business Name
- 7 Steps to Product Development
- Do I Need to Create a Prototype of My Invention?
- So you want to be an Inventor?
- Should I Patent My Invention?
- Protect your invention ideas without a patent
- Protect your invention ideas without a patent
- Australian Inventors
Intellectual Property
- Disadvantages of Product Branding
- What can you Patent
- Why patent an idea?
- Protect Your Invention Ideas without a Patent
- Can Someone Copy My Patent?
- Will Big Companies Steal My Idea?
- What is Patent Pending?
- How you can Lose Your Patent
- Choosing a Patent Attorney
- 7 Steps to Product Development
- Six Mistakes Inventors Make
- Should I Patent My Invention?
- Protect your invention ideas without a patent
- Patent Pros and Cons
- Choosing a Patent Attorney
- Patent, Trademark or Copyright?
- Protect your invention ideas without a patent
- How you can lose your patent
- Product Brand
- Trademark
Invention Design
- How will the designer design my invention?
- Why do I need a design for my invention?
- Don’t change your design halfway
- Design review meetings are important
- Working on the design too long
- Manufacturing quotes for your invention
- Target sale price for your invention
- Which material to use to make my Product?
- Which manufacturing method?
- What are the design stages for a new product
- How long will the design phase take?
- Reverse Engineering another product
- Brainstorming hurts my head
- FEA (Finite Element Analysis)
- Photorealistic Rendering
- 3D CAD
- 2D CAD
- What is industrial Design?
- What is a Mechanical Designer?
- Product Design Process
Prototype
- Why do I need a Prototype?
- What is Rapid Prototyping?
- Different Types of Prototype Methods
- 7 Steps to Product Development
- Do I Need to Create a Prototype of My Invention?
- Back to the drawing board
- How much should I expect to pay?
- How can I trust they will do a good job?
- What material do I use for my prototype?
- Why should you prototype?
Manufacturing
- Manufacturing Agents
- Packaging for your Invention
- Sale Price
- Project Plans
- Packaging Cost
- Manufacturing Quotes for Your Invention
- Different Types of Manufacturing Methods
- How much will manufacturing cost me?
- Quality Control Management
- Inventing and the Environment
- Which manufacturing method?
- Samples off the tool
- Do you want to do your own assembly and packing?
- Communicate with Suppliers
- Can you modify your Tools
- Reverse Engineering Another Product
- Minimum order quantity
- Do you want to do your own assembly and packing?
- What about changing colour of the product?
- Minimum order quantity
Marketing
- What is a domain name?
- Would other people buy your invention?
- QR Codes: Why You Need One
- Selling on eBay
- Steps To Get Your Product to Market
- Invention Blogs and Forums
- Magazine Advertising
- Internet Marketing
- Employ a Salesman
- Do marketing companies actually work for inventors?
- Planning Your Website Before You Build It
- Facebook for Inventors
- Design your own Website
- Business Plan for Inventors
- What is PayPal?
- Accept Payments Online
- Commercializing Your Invention
- How to Market a Product
- How to Launch & Use a Kickstarter Campaign
- Crowdfunding and Inventors: An Ideal Match
Project Management
- Manufacturing Agents
- Project Plans
- Packaging Cost
- Why You Need to Control Your Project
- Manufacturing Quotes for Your Invention
- How much will manufacturing cost me?
- Quality Control Management
- Advanced planning for Quality Control
- Communicate with Suppliers
- What is Project Management?
- Why you need to control your project
Legal
- Why patent an idea?
- Protect Your Invention Ideas without a Patent
- Business Plan for Inventors
- Should You Start Up A Business?
- Inventors and Accountancy
- Will Big Companies Steal My Idea?
- Non-Disclosure Agreement
- Inventors and Business Partners
- Protect your invention ideas without a patent
- Types of NDA’s
- NDA as part of Trade Secret
- What is a Trade Secret?
- Inventors and business partners
- Issues when signing an NDA
- Key terms used in NDA’s
- What will NDA cover you for?
- What is a NDA?
- Non Disclosure Agreement