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Getting On Shark Tank Is Not Easy
Tens of thousands of people try out for Shark Tank but only a couple hundred have actually pitched in front of the Sharks. The chances of making it on the show are very slim. According to one article, of 40,000...

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8 Typical Questions Most Inventors Have
Last week I took on a new inventRight student. As typically occurs during a first coaching session, this student and I got to know a bit about each other and he of course had many questions for me. We had...

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How To Become A Great Inventor
This Sunday I will turn 63 years old, and I've never felt better. On that day, I will fly to New York City to join other inventors for a panel at the City College of New York in partnership with...

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Reducing the risk of Inventing
As a faithful follower of inventRight's content, you should now understand what exactly licensing is. As a quick reminder, and in its most basic term, licensing is the renting of an idea. As stated in Stephen Key's (inventRight's co-founder) December...

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Inventing for fads! Can you cash in on a fad?
Fidget Spinners, a gadget that uses a ball bearing to rapidly spin on the tips of ones's fingers, took the world by storm in 2017. Marketed as everything from a toy, to a device that helped you focus and a...

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Inventors, focus on inventing the next virus.
The coronavirus has affected the world in a way in which most of us have never seen. Years ago, my father told me the story of how he was at high school football practice when it was announced over the...

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How to evaluate your idea.
"Ryan, I can't wait to tell you about the product I want to license!" my new inventRight student proclaimed to me in an email prior to our first meeting. "Nothing like it exists!" he went on to explain. The following...

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Overcoming Rejection
When a new student joins inventRight, he or she is paired up with a personal coach who will hold their hand through our 6-month "boot camp" journey. The end goal, of course, is to obtain a licensing agreement for their...

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Pitching your inventions
Yesterday while fishing, I realized that inventing products for different industries is a lot like fishing. I grew up fishing and I've always enjoyed watching a largemouth bass jump out of the water after my popper. Timing is everything and...

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Do You Have a New Idea or Invention?
Watch the video to this article at the bottom of the post. What happens next if you have an idea or you have an invention? What do you do? My name is Stephen Key, and I'm going to take you...

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The #1 Reason Why Inventors Don't Get Licensing Deals
The #1 Reason Why Inventors Don’t Get Licensing Deals So you’ve done the hard work of preparing your invention for licensing. You’ve done your market research, created a prototype, a sell sheet, filed your provisional patent application (PPA), written your...

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Making Money From Your Ideas
How much money can you make from licensing your idea? Someone asked me this question recently. In fact, some folks wanted to know if I can bring inventRight students onto my videos and seminars so they can share how much...

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What Do You Do With an Invention?
You have a new idea, now what? Sooner or later almost everyone thinks of a new idea! But what should you do? The way life works, if it’s a good idea, you will eventually see it for sale somewhere. Perhaps...