by Stephen Key | Sep 25, 2020 | Prototyping
Post Views: 406 The feeling you get when you build a prototype of one of your ideas is truly magical. Suddenly, something that only existed in your head you can now touch, see, and play with. I’ve been licensing my inventions for decades, and I still feel that...
by Stephen Key | Sep 25, 2020 | Social Media For Entrepreneurs and Inventors
Post Views: 413 Are you a brand? Today, social media is the best way of marketing your business, because you can directly connect with, learn from, help, and inspire your customers. You don’t need a publicist–with social media, you are your own publicist....
by Stephen Key | Sep 25, 2020 | Toy and Novelty Gift Industry
Post Views: 401 Last week, I had the pleasure of interviewing a remarkable toy inventor named Mary Couzin. In 2003, Couzin founded Chicago Toy and Game Week — affectionately known as ChiTAG — to bring toy inventors, toy companies, and toy lovers together....
by Stephen Key | Sep 23, 2020 | Stephen Key's Personal Life Stories
Post Views: 1,694 Like many creative people, I have a learning disability. Specifically, I have dyslexia, which means I cannot make out the differences between and among the sounds of letters in the alphabet. As a result, spelling is nearly impossible and pronouncing...
by Stephen Key | Aug 18, 2018 | How to Become Successful
Post Views: 453 Inventors, you’re doing it all wrong! Most inventors observe a problem and then attempt to come up with a solution for it. When they’ve invented one, they shop that solution around for licensing consideration (or try to build a business...
