By Dane Carlson on April 5, 2005 in Ideas
Entrepreneur: “Winning a contest is a great way to achieve the kind of success many inventors only dream about. Sponsored by major companies like Staples and Procter & Gamble, these invention contests offer entrepreneurs major market introduction opportunities. Of course, you can’t win if you don’t enter. Check out the websites for the United Inventors Association and Inventors’ Digest magazine for information on contests currently underway. Entering Staples’ 2004 Invention Quest contest really paid off for Todd Basche, an inventor in Los Altos, California: He was awarded the $25,000 grand prize, plus a license from Staples, which will market Basche’s WordLock under the Staples brand name.”