Inventor's Blog
Ideas don’t kill inventions. Bad decisions do. If you hang around inventors long enough, you start to hear the same story over and over again: “I had a great idea, but it didn’t work out.” “It was too expensive.” “I got burned by a company.” “I ran out of money.” “I just couldn’t get it across the finish line.” Most people assume that means the idea was bad. In my experience, that’s usually not true. Plenty of good ideas fail. Not because they’re stupid. Not because they’re impossible. But because they’re pushed through a bad process, in the wrong order,…
If you’re an inventor, entrepreneur, or product dreamer, I want to help you avoid the single most common mistake I see every week: Spending money before you’ve done the thinking. Over the past 25+ years, I’ve worked with hundreds of inventors, licensed products into national brands, developed physical products from scratch, and watched countless good ideas fail-not because they were bad ideas, but because the inventor spent money before they had clarity. Before you spend $1, let alone $10,000, you should be able to confidently answer the seven questions below. These questions will save you time, frustration, and potentially tens…
Most inventors lose thousands before understanding how product development really works. Learn what to know before spending money on your idea.