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Thinking About Becoming An Inventor?

By on December 15, 2012 in News

Female First:

If you’ve thought of something great, then well done, but it’s only the easiest part that’s over. Knowing how to turn your idea from a thought into a reality requires some knowledge of what you’re doing and of how to protect your property.

Dragon’s Den and other television prgrammes have inspired hundreds of people to get their thinking caps on and “invent” a product. But as we’ve all seen, one person’s good idea is anothers idea of a disaster.

It’s a risky business and to adopt it as a full time career you’d have to be absolutely certain your idea would succeed. But for all of you who just think you’re on to a winner, it’s either time to move ahead, or ditch the dream.

The downside to programmes such as Dragon’s Den mean the public assume if you’re an inventor you’re probably a bit mad and eccentric. If you’re applying for help with inventing or you’re looking to set up a business meeting, try calling yourself a “designer”. If you say you’re an inventor you might give off the wrong impression.

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  • http://www.firstfound-blog.co.uk Andy @ FirstFound

    Great post. The problem with Dragon’s Den is much deeper though – it gives an “all or nothing” view of investment, and places too much emphasis on the inventor’s financial and accounting skills as opposed to the quality of the product.

  • Jeff

    I have 11 licensed concepts with various companies. I’ve always used “designer” instead of “inventor”, but you have to be careful, to most research/development and marketing people designer implies that you have
    computer aided design (CAD) and 3D drawing experience.

    Using the label “designer” has gotten me into a bit of trouble in the past when people who reviewed my submissions assumed that I had 3D CAD drawings to accompany my concepts, I do have 3D drawings (Google SketchUp) but not engineering level drawings that can be used for estimating cost, etc.

    So, now I make sure to include “amateur” in my introduction paragraph. I also use “Concept” and “Idea” instead of “invention”. And I always get a signed Non Disclosure Agreement…

    Hope this helps too.
    Jeff

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