Learn to invent products for Walmart.   Sell your ideas to As Seen On TV industry experts who pay royalties.

Carrie Jeske reviews products and explains how inventors can sell product ideas and concepts without a patent.

A well made prototype and smartphone demo video is all that’s needed. See your ideas on the As Seen On TV shelf space of Walmart.
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Executive Director, the Ennovation Center. The Independence Regional Ennovation Center is a mixed use business incubator which focuses on three core areas for the development of new businesses…..bio-tech, kitchen, and business & technology.

Located in Independence, Missouri, the Ennovation Center provides the necessary facilities and support services to launch successful start up businesses in a collaborative environment which fosters entrepreneurs.

Take your idea from concept to commercialization at the Ennovation Center http://www.ennovationcenter.com/

201 n. forest ave
independence, mo 64050
info@ennovationcenter.com
816-463-3532

The Ennovation Center is a 28,000 square foot business development incubator housing two distinct business specialties:  a shared commercial kitchen space and a business and tech area featuring coworking, dedicated desks, offices and tech suites.

The friendly staff offers on-site, business development start-up and scale-up services with focused expertise in marketing, sales, and business strategies.

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Inventing As A Team

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Small business is thriving in Missouri.  I drove to the Missouri University in Columbia. Spoke with the advisors about As Seen on TV products.

And was really impressed.   The experts there have so much to offer inventors and entrepreneurs.

The Missouri Small Business & Technology Development Centers (MO SBTDC) help businesses in every stage. From concept to start-up, growth to renewal, mature to succession.

MO SBTDC experts, located statewide.

Providing help on a variety of business topics through:

• Professional business analysis
• Business consultations and access to technology resources
• Educational training seminars on a variety of business topics: financial analysis, strategic planning, technology commercialization, management, HR, social media, marketing, taxes, customer service, business plan, start-up and more.

Earn $330,000 Inventing Products for TV or $27,500 in Finders Fees.   Find Out More.

If you have a new product concept that can be licensed or manufactured.

Please contact us.    Too many inventors go into early stage small business debt.   We recommend low cost, high return inventing.

Be careful to avoid debt in the early stage of small business development.   It’s better to start small and make a profit along the way, rather then find yourself in a big hole you dug.

You may need to keep your full time job going.

And work extra hours to get your start-up small business off the ground.  That’s part of it.   Don’t give up.   Just keep increasing sales and keeping expenses low.

Learn and grow in a steady way.

Onward & upward

Carrie Jeske

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Learning to spot current trends and make a guess at future behavior is an important part of inventing a good As Seen on TV product.

Recently, I was up late watching  PAID PROGRAMMING, enjoying the latest As Seen on TV items available for 19.95 where I stumbled upon

a new show about public opinion.   Sure, is politically inspired but it contains public opinion information that leads to buying patterns and

behavior.    I was most interested with the idea of scanning the HEADLINES to gain a basic “feel” for the American mindset.

Under their website under “Most Recent Releases” you can scan a list of recent polls taken from the Rasmussen Report Public Opinion Polls.

I think it’s a good idea for anyone inventing for TV or scouting for products to stay current on public opinion.

A few examples found on their Most Recent Releases page 

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Complaints, Reviews and Success Stories

At Inventive Ideas, we keep an eye on Who’s Who in the Inventing Zoo.    We monitor complaints, reviews and success stories from the inside of the industry.

So there are many companies looking at new products from the inventor community.    Never has opportunity been greater.

Stay tuned to the Inventive Ideas Facebook page to see our growing list.

So here are just a few of the many companies that contact us for help.

WE’RE LOOKING FOR YOUR BEST ORGANIZATIONAL ITEMS

Also as we continue to assemble our next year’s catalog (normally June) we are searching for more organizational products that resonate with our growing demographic.

We are interested in any strong or new merchandise that you may have which fits into the following general categories:

1. Kitchen Organization

2. Outdoor Organization

3. Automobile Organization

4. Home Organization

5. Office Organization

Please send us any sales sheets you can include that satisfy the above categories. Send all submissions to newproducts@taylorgifts.com.  We are ready to move fast on this proven item grouping.

With over 8,000,000 of our catalogs mailing between now and the end of 2013 we anticipate a continued strong response from our organization focused customers.

So we await your reply. Thank you.

Sincerely,

Merchandising Manager

Taylor Gifts

600 Cedar Hollow Road

Paoli PA 19301

610-725-1122 x529

____________________________________________________________

From: Gloria Martinez [mailto:gloria@unbeatablesale.com] Sent: Thursday, April 3, 2014 12:47 PM
To: orders@inventiveideas.com
Subject: Updating New Items on Unbeatablesale.com

We’re very interested in getting updated on your new products. Can you please send me the info for all new products in a spread sheet format like the attached sample along with images to match SKU? (Also you will notice that on the attached sample there is a second tab that defines what we want in each column on the first tab). Also, could you let me know the best way to download images (WeTransfer, dropbox, etc).

Thank you,

Gloria

Unbeatablesale.com

So these are just a few examples of companies looking at new products.    Many prefer to work with licensing agents like Inventive Ideas so they can move faster launching products rather then educating inventors.

For more information and education, checkout this page.

So Contact Inventive Ideas Today!

As a result we can help you get a licensing agreement

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Here is a link to an up to date Playlist on my YouTube channel.

Protect Ideas

Protect ideas using an Inventor Notebook is the perfect way to start protecting your inventions.     In the As Seen on TV distribution channel.

The inventor notebook is the perfect way for creative minds to invent solutions to everyday problems without having to invest a lot of money in patents or product development.

BEFORE

A concept is evaluated for market viability.

According to the USPTO, Inventors have a 12 month grace period to file a provisional patent after the date of the first public disclosure.

When you work with Inventive Ideas, we consider the early stage concept discussions

“confidential and non-public”

So you are not impacted by the grace period.

At the same time,

Protecting your Intellectual Property is a decision best made with the advise of sound legal counsel.

Here are some recommendations about Inventor Notebooks for product ideas.

Standard Recommendations To Protect Ideas:

Use bound notebooks having consecutively numbered pages
Record entries in ink
Enter information directly in notebook (no paper scraps)
No erasing (draw line through mistakes, sign and date corrections)
Do not skip space
Index for retrieval, store securely
Sign,  Date, Witness

Great questions from LinkedIn…

          Paul Skelton                

How does ‘First To File’ impact the 1 year grace period to protect ideas?”                                                                                                              

          Carrie Jeske            

My understanding from the recent USPTO Independent Inventor conference I attended is that there is a 12 month grace period from the date of the first “public disclosure” of the concept. 

(fyi. Submissions through me are considered Nonpublic and Confidential so are not effected by this rule). 

In any case,

An Inventor Notebook is recommended to document the invention from the start.  

This allows inventors to pitch their concepts to people like me

Without spending a lot up front on patent costs for a product that will never be licensed. ”                                                                                                             

          Carrie Jeske             

Once you have interest from a licensor, file a patent then.

I’m an advocate of high quality legal council at the time it’s needed most.

Attorneys of course, disagree among themselves on strategy.

Find one you’re comfortable with. This strategy is perfect for ASOTV or other first to market, short term product life cycle inventions.

If your invention is more complex or has a longer life cycle,

AND you’ve evaluated it fully for viability.

Then you may want to just move forward with a utility patent from the start.

          Carrie Jeske           

Finally,

 ASOTV products usually don’t require a patent at all,

because of the First to Market strategic approach

and the distribution channel is controlled.  

For this channel, the patent or no patent call is really a matter of preference from the inventor.  We pay royalties either way.

          Paul Skelton                

 Thanks Carrie!  So without a patent, what obligates any ASOTV company to pay inventors any royalties at all?  Couldn’t they just be First to Market?                                                                                                        

      Carrie Jeske                

The inventor notebook proves the inventor of the product by date.  Some steps may vary, but the bottom line is that’s what the Term Sheet or Licensing Agreement are what confirm royalties to the inventor.

 Once we agree to test (put money into) an ASOTV test

A Term Sheet explaining royalties is agreed upon.  

If the test is successful,

A Licensing Agreement is signed. 

If it is not, the concept rolls back to the inventor to pursue or not pursue as they determine best.                                                                                                              

      Carrie Jeske              

There are many opinions on the right strategy here.  For me, the bottom line is to work with people who can help you that you like and trust.   I value high quality, long term relationships and hope inventors will choose me.  

Let me see your concepts first,

Before they are spammed

into every invention submission contest,

because it increases my chances of working it through the subjective part of the process. 

When people spam their concepts all over town, it makes then no longer special and hurts their chances of an agreement more than it helps it.                                                                                                              

       Carrie Jeske                

 Paul… fantastic questions and comments here.  Thanks for engaging.

If you’re into social networking, please connect with me on:

FACEBOOK      LINKEDIN        YOUTUBE       TWITTER

Carrie Jeske

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Creative Inventors Pitch Products.

Inventors Center of KC members meeting, webcast LIVE from the Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City, October 2012.

Low Cost / High Return Inventing Steps

1)  Watch this video to learn how to earn up to $100,000 per product, as a product scout, while you sharpen your skills in our category. 

http://www.willitlaunch.com/how-to-make-330000-inventing-for-tv/

2)  For even more help read blogs and watch links: 

http://www.willitlaunch.com/inventors-corner/

3)  Also here’s some NEXT Steps if you want to work on licensing outside ASOTV.

http://inventiveideas.com/when-as-seen-on-tv-wont-fly/

4)  Also here’s some of my agents available for hire, to make connections for you.

http://inventiveideas.com/licensing/

5) So join me on social networks and keep learning and helping others.

FACEBOOK      LINKEDIN        YOUTUBE       TWITTER

Just takes 1 winner to earn millions.

See you on the shelves,

Carrie Jeske

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Should Inventors Split Royalties?

Hi Carrie,

Thanks for giving my contact information to Rose.  She has skills in marketing that I don’t have and need, and has suggested partnering in the endeavor of getting my baby coat to market.  She suggested a 50/50 split and I was wondering if this was normal?  I feel that I really need someone like her to help me, but also that the invention is mine and I intend to pay for the initial production of the coat.  I would appreciate your opinion on such a partnership.  Hope all is well with you and your family.

God’s Blessings

Jane

________________________

Jane, I’m glad to hear you’re making progress.  Here’s my thoughts.

Team Member Splits –

50/50.  There’s nothing wrong with that as long as you are both doing a fair amount of work.  Having the help of partners or a management team can be valuable.  The 50/50 should be out of the pure profit number, less expenses such as marketing, inventory, etc.   If she’s going to incur expenses for marketing she should pay for that from her own money since you’re paying for inventory and keep receipts for future reimbursement.

You keep control of inventory at your location, in case things ever go south, you don’t want to have to track down product.   That means you’ll have to do the shipping, which is a pain when volumes get higher.    However, the hope is that volumes do get high and that you either end up licensing the patent and just collecting royalties, or you continue to build the business with her, taking all revenue in and paying all expenses out of.

Whatever you do, keep track of every dime you spend on your own money.  You should account for money going in as a loan from shareholder (you).   Hopefully one day the company will pay you back, plus interest.    You can keep track of any money she spends as simple expense.  You are the owner and 100% equity shareholder of your company and patent, regardless of how you end up negotiating compensation for team members, partners, etc.

Standard Sales %

Straight commissioned only sales people normally make 10% of wholesale value.   Distributors usually want 30% gross margin.   Online retailer and brick and mortar retailers usually want 50% gross margin.   All these are on the Expense side of your accounting records, in one category or another.

Timeframes & Sales Goals

Also, there should be a goal set for sales with a timeframe attached. If the min sales are not made by x date then the agreement is void.

Intellectual Property

Finally, do not agree to any ownership of the patent.   You are the patent owner always.   You simply license the use of the patent to others for an agreed upon royalty.  In this case, it’s more of a management partnership for marketing purposes, but the patent should always remain yours.   What most people do is form a third company and have the inventor license the patent rights to that company.   The agreement for profit split is between her and the company you set up, less expenses.   There are other ways to do it and I’m not a fan of a lot of legal fees or corporate complications at the early stage.   You do want to be certain you’re comfortable with worst case scenarios though, by reducing the risk of them.

Having help is a good thing, if you have an intuition of integrity and get everything agreed to in writing without a lot of legal headache.   The agreement should be simple and easy to understand by you both.

Carrie Jeske Review, Testimonial, Free Resources

1)  Watch this video to learn how to earn up to $100,000 per product, as a product scout, while you sharpen your skills in our category. 

http://www.willitlaunch.com/how-to-make-330000-inventing-for-tv/

2)  For even more help read blogs and watch links: 

http://www.willitlaunch.com/inventors-corner/

3)  Here’s some NEXT Steps if you want to work on licensing outside ASOTV.

http://inventiveideas.com/when-as-seen-on-tv-wont-fly/

4)  Here’s some of my agents available for hire, to make connections for you.

http://inventiveideas.com/licensing/

5) Join me on social networks and keep learning and helping others.

FACEBOOK      LINKEDIN        YOUTUBE       TWITTER

Just takes 1 winner to earn millions.

Stay close,

Carrie Jeske

split royalties

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Inventor Education Video Series

Inventive Ideas is in the process of developing a step by step inventor educational video series to help people with great ideas take the next step, minimizing cost and time.   The series will be hosted on YouTube.   Please check back regularly for more details.

Carrie Jeske Free Inventor Education & Help

1)  Watch this video to learn how to earn up to $100,000 per product, as a product scout, while you sharpen your skills in our category. 

http://www.willitlaunch.com/how-to-make-330000-inventing-for-tv/

2)  For even more help read blogs and watch links: 

http://www.willitlaunch.com/inventors-corner/

3)  Also here’s some NEXT Steps if you want to work on licensing outside ASOTV.

http://inventiveideas.com/when-as-seen-on-tv-wont-fly/

4)  Also here’s some of my agents available for hire, to make connections for you.

http://inventiveideas.com/licensing/

5) So join me on social networks and keep learning and helping others.

FACEBOOK      LINKEDIN        YOUTUBE       TWITTER

Just takes 1 winner to earn millions.

Stay close,

Carrie Jeske

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