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Total Inventor's Manual - Transform Your Idea Into A Top-Selling Product

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Transform Your Idea Into Reality

The Total Inventor's Manual is a must-read for anyone with an innovative idea, but unsure how to bring it to life. This book will guide you through the ideation, prototyping, testing, and manufacturing processes. You will learn about patents, refining your product, and positioning it in the marketplace. The book also features insightful profiles of successful inventors and their products, making it an inspiring and informative read for aspiring inventors.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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ISBN: 9781681884332
Authors: Sean Michael Ragan
Publisher: Weldon Owen
Date of Publication: 2018-09-18
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Business, Personal Development
Related Topics: Entrepreneurship, Technology, Business, How To, Productivity
Goodreads rating: 4.06
(rated by 17 readers)

Description

Contrary to popular wisdom, you don’t have to be an ace electrician, a coding prodigy, or a mechanical master to come up with a game-changing invention! You just need curiosity, a strong desire to fix a problem that you see in the world, and the determination to see your ideas become reality—and this book, which will teach you everything you need to go from zero to inventor.Everyone wants to be the next Bill Gates or Steve Jobs, but there’s never been a clear road map to becoming a wildly successful innovator—until now. In The Total Inventor’s Manual, you’ll learn to…MAKE ONE Get that great idea out of your brain and into the real world with a crash course in ideation, prototyping, and testing. Includes clever, can-do lessons in CAD, 3D-printing, laser-cutting, electronics, robotics, coding, and more.SELL ONE Whether you’re riding the Kickstarter wave or hitting the venture capital beat, get your idea funded—and protect it with a proper patent. Then learn to refine your prototype’s look and feel to give it a boost in the market.MAKE MANY Bring your invention to the masses with tips on manufacturing processes and best practices, plus solid advice for beginners on a running supply chain.SELL MANY You’ve built it—time to make them come. Discover how to effectively position your product in the marketplace, deal with consumer feedback, and run—or sell—your newly successful company.With profiles by Rachel Nuwer on the winning inventors who brought you the space glove, heart stent, Super Soaker, Roomba, digital camera, Makerbot 3D Printer, UV water purification, home pregnancy test, and more.
 

Transform Your Idea Into Reality

The Total Inventor's Manual is a must-read for anyone with an innovative idea, but unsure how to bring it to life. This book will guide you through the ideation, prototyping, testing, and manufacturing processes. You will learn about patents, refining your product, and positioning it in the marketplace. The book also features insightful profiles of successful inventors and their products, making it an inspiring and informative read for aspiring inventors.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.