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14 Mistakes Preventing You From Licensing Your Ideas

Over the years, I've made a lot of mistakes. Naturally: I'm an entrepreneur. To succeed as an entrepreneur, you must be willing to fail -- over and over and over again . It's part of the process. If you're failing,...

Stephen Key·August 18, 2018
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Mistakes

The Worst Mistakes You Can Make Licensing an Idea

I've been licensing my ideas for more than 30 years now. It's been a wild ride. I've licensed ideas to the toy and novelty gift industries without intellectual property. My Silicon Valley attorneys and I went to federal court to...

Stephen Key·October 20, 2016
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What Most First-Time Innovators Get Wrong

This is how it usually goes: Someone observes a problem. He or she crafts a solution. Then an expensive prototype and an even more expensive patent application. The result? Thousands of dollars spent, with nary an indication that there's even...

Stephen Key·October 6, 2016
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5 Life Lessons That Will Help You Make Fewer Mistakes

I don’t necessarily consider making mistakes a bad thing, because I’ve learned so much more from them than my successes. If you own up to the mistakes you make and do your best to learn from them, they can be...

Stephen Key·October 4, 2016
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Mistakes

6 Ways to Minimize the Impact of Your Mistakes

It’s a fact of life: Everyone makes mistakes. People who are at the very top of their game make mistakes. If you’re trying something new, there’s an even better chance you’re going to make a mistake. Should you let that...

Stephen Key·October 4, 2016
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