by Stephen Key | Jan 12, 2018 | Toy and Novelty Gift Industry
Post Views: 448 I only spent a few years attempting to license my ideas for toys, but the takeaway was clear: This is one incredibly competitive industry! Toy companies have always relied on outside inventors to commercialize the most innovative new products. In...
by Stephen Key | Jan 12, 2018 | Motivation For Inventors
Post Views: 458 Looking back, I was the most creative coming up with new product ideas when my three children were very young. Solving problems comes with the territory. From educating your child to keeping them happy and healthy, you’re constantly faced with...
by Stephen Key | Jan 12, 2018 | Open Innovation
Post Views: 393 Are ‘ordinary’ people capable of coming up with ideas for products and services that will change the world? Yes — and in the future, such breakthroughs may not only become more prevalent than those engineered by experts or geniuses in...
by Stephen Key | Jan 12, 2018 | Creativity
Post Views: 508 Shark Tank star Aaron Krause — the energetic inventor and founder of the bestselling sponge Scrub Daddy — has been releasing new products at a relentless clip this year. First, there was Eraser Daddy, Scrub Daddy’s take on the famous...
by Stephen Key | Oct 20, 2016 | Creativity
Post Views: 487 Creativity is a muscle. If you want to get better at being creative, exercise it! People act if creativity exists in short supply — like they either have it or they don’t. I know creativity doesn’t work that way. When I quit my job at...