who's working?

[StevieHification]

Are you talking patentability on an improved, already introduced to the market kinda product?

Yes, to take a product and make it better...

 

[rs4guy]

Thats a very broad question. You need market research and evaluation/prodding/testing to find even if there is a want for the "improved" product. You have to make the design unique enough where the patent will be strong. You then have to figure out a manf. strategy to build said product. From there ( should really be doing in conjuction with), design a market strategy, design and impliment how the product will be moved, then hope for some sales/hire sales reps.

 

[lunarstorm]

Hey so would you know how would I go about making something better then what it already is but making it my own? Do you get what I'm saying? Is it possible?

Possible yes, but I agreed with rs4guy and your question is very board. For starters, I'd recommend visiting your local college and talk to their entrepreneurial department (it sounds like you already understand the nuances of owning a small business). To market a new product and/or start something new, the big challenge is usually funding. Unless you have angel investors in your pocket, it's usually a long road for venture capital until you've got solid contacts and a proven successful track record. But once you've got that, everything else can be obtained with help from your hires, consultants, etc.

 

[sinensispsyched]

agent A, I unite!

I agree to (no offense) listen to my elders .

BTW, who is the youngest member on this or the UK forums?

 

[agent A]

Id say either u or gripen r the youngest

Gripen is also in middle school

 

[C.Price]

Been there and kinda still am just on the electrical side now.

I do a little of everything been doing maintenance for a long time and still have most of my fingers.

 

[HoldThePickle]

I am lucky enough to have a job I really enjoy. I am a Exhibit Designer for a company that makes living habitats for animals at zoos/museums. Usually they are for reptiles and amphibians, but once in a while they are for invertebrates. Check out the latest exhibit we built; a Hellbender salamander exhibit for the Maryland Zoo. Check it out if you're in the area! Here is a link to the video:

 

[sinensispsyched]

Wow! Cool job!

 

[jrh3]

I do a little of everything been doing maintenance for a long time and still have most of my fingers.

i can still count to ten, What industry are you in. I work for a water heater manufactry

 

[hibiscusmile]

you just never know where u will be, none of us do, but I can't see myself with a little 6 legged baby around!

 

[hibiscusmile]

also it is nice to have fingers! and toes! my grandbaby has found his and they are always in his mouth! haha

 

[sporeworld]

I am lucky enough to have a job I really enjoy. I am a Exhibit Designer for a company that makes living habitats for animals at zoos/museums. Usually they are for reptiles and amphibians, but once in a while they are for invertebrates. Check out the latest exhibit we built; a Hellbender salamander exhibit for the Maryland Zoo. Check it out if you're in the area! Here is a link to the video:

That's amazing!

 

[frogparty]

i LOVE HELLBENDERS!!!

 

[Peter Clausen]

Going on 17 years at UPS. I'm a Teamster's shop steward so I get to participate/represent/protect members against disciplinary actions. I played a key role in raising four issues between labor (management) and the union, yesterday.They were resolved same-day and mostly involved the corners management likes to cut during this "most won-der-ful time of the year" where we're all working longer hours.

I also have a little bug business at http://BugsInCyberspace.com

3 kids, wife

zillions of bugs

Speaking of, I have to get up in six hours to finish up a homework assignment with my daughter that we didn't finish after school/before work, yesterday (longer holiday hours). One last day of school and then they're on vacation for a few weeks (= sleeping 8 hours in a row)!

 

[frogparty]

I got my ghosts from you Peter. Good stuff! I used to do pre load and load sort for UPS when I was in school...3:30 to 8 in the am and 4:30 to 9 pm (at different periods, not at the same time!)

 

[Peter Clausen]

I had an inside combo job for 10 years. Good times. The longer you've been there, the easier it gets (provided your body doesn't break down, though it is more like exercise if you get into the right job). I worked the preload shift as part of a "combo job" (2 PT jobs= 1 full time one in a straight-8 hr. shift) for a year. That was the hardest year of my life, sleeping with earplugs and the sun streaming through the edges of the blinds, not to mention a new baby.

I want to know about cloud forest orchid collecting, Frogparty! Do you do that for a living, partly? Have you been to any of the ("northernmost", they say) cloud forests in Mexico?

 

[StevieHification]

Thats a very broad question. You need market research and evaluation/prodding/testing to find even if there is a want for the "improved" product. You have to make the design unique enough where the patent will be strong. You then have to figure out a manf. strategy to build said product. From there ( should really be doing in conjuction with), design a market strategy, design and impliment how the product will be moved, then hope for some sales/hire sales reps.

Isn't there ways to present your product to a company who will do all that for you and you just take royalties or something?

 

[StevieHification]

Possible yes, but I agreed with rs4guy and your question is very board. For starters, I'd recommend visiting your local college and talk to their entrepreneurial department (it sounds like you already understand the nuances of owning a small business). To market a new product and/or start something new, the big challenge is usually funding. Unless you have angel investors in your pocket, it's usually a long road for venture capital until you've got solid contacts and a proven successful track record. But once you've got that, everything else can be obtained with help from your hires, consultants, etc.

Thanks for the information! I have a bunch of ideas and I think I'm just gonna present them to an online site which helps out inventors.

 

[patrickfraser]

Those places are there to steal your ideas, not promote them.

Go on the "Shark Tank"

 

[lunarstorm]

Sadly, good ideas are easy and free, only the execution to market matters. For example, Kleenex and the IPod were not original ideas (tissue paper and mp3 players already existed).

Companies generally won't pay for an idea unless you go through the patent process (and are equipped to defend it in court). Good luck though, let us know if you find something that works for you.