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RE: Business Realities for Aspiring Inventors

in #invention5 years ago

Making a great business

Once you have a great invention, you have to turn it into a great business, and there are some aspects that you need to know to take it off the ground.

You’ll have to build an innovative business by your invention, but to get there you’ll need funding to take your process to another level and start the mass production.

Therefore you’ll need an investor that believes in your idea or applying for getting funds, but you should have a solid business before this.

The characteristics of a great business

If you’re an inventor who is looking for creating solutions with your products, you should know that your invention needs a business plan to make it successful.

You should turn your invention into a business, by knowing the structure that you need to have everything organized and start looking for the money that you need.

Testing

You may think your product is what everybody needs, but you have to make sure that your idea is unique, that no one else has tried it before, and that is going to solve a problem. You have to look for experts, trade publications, and scientific journals to see if your product is worth the investment.

Business team

You have to know that to have a successful business you can’t work alone. Maybe you developed your invention in your garage, but you need to move on and start building your team.

One way to do this is to license your product to another company that has experience with startups, so they can help you achieve your goals. Or you can start your business team, but be aware that this will take more time.

Infrastructure

To start commercializing your invention, you need to know all that you’ll need to start the manufacturing process.

This is very important because you have to determine how to make your invention to be manufactured in volume and at the same time, being realistic with all the equipment and supplies you need, as well as the facilities that you require to work.

If your product is going to be hard to manufacture and will cost a lot of money, then it’s not viable.

Viable business model

Once you have determined the infrastructure and have the personnel and equipment to work, you have to prove that your invention has profit potential and that there are customers that will be interested in buying it.

You have to do a market analysis to elaborate on a great marketing analysis to reach your potential customers and start earning money.

Innovation

Don’t limit yourself to just one product; you need to have a business plan that allows you to have a family of products so you can have continuous innovation in your company, which will attract the investors.