The independent inventor's handbook / by Louis J. Foreman and Jill Gilbert Welytok.
Author: Foreman, Louis J.
Publisher: New York, NY : Workman Pub., c2009.
ISBN: 9780761149477
0761149473
Description: xiii, 242 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subject: Inventors Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Inventions Marketing Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Notes: Includes index.
"The best advice from idea to payoff"--Cover.
Contents: Eureka! turn an invention into a venture -- First define the market, then design the product -- Prototyping, manufacturing & distributing : a crash course -- Protect your invention (with as few lawyers as possible) -- Make your mark : branding, pitching & selling -- Doing the math : licensing vs. manufacturing -- Money matters : finding the funds to bring a new product to market -- Protecting & defending your invention in a global marketplace.