The GoFly Prize Is Calling Jetpack and Hoverboard Inventors Interested in Winning $1 Million Boeing is sponsoring the contest, which will award a total of $2 million to inventors of safe and quiet personal flying devices. BY LARRY BEAN ON OCTOBER 20, 2017 n 2004, Burt Rutana's Scaled … [Read more...]

Creating a Great Invention Creating the Great Invention All inventions start with an inspiration about something that needs great improvement, or just  someone coming up what they think people would like.  The Java Jacket, that short two or three inch corrugated piece that keeps the coffee cup … [Read more...]

Ace Hardware Buys Grommet - Leading Ecommerce Site for New Product Developers AK BROOK, Ill. & SOMERVILLE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Ace Hardware Corporation and The Grommet, today announced that Ace Hardware has completed its acquisition of a majority stake in e-commerce startup, The … [Read more...]

Ace Hardware Hosts Maker to Market Event for Product Inventors Ace Hardware Corp. hosted its first Maker to Market Day, an event created to allow entrepreneurs and inventors to pitch product ideas that could end up for sale in co-op stores. Ace employees who make purchasing decisions for more … [Read more...]

Inventors - Selling Big: Finding the Right Marketing Partners Once inventors have a product ready to sell they need to decide how to market the product.  They might choose to sell the product themselves, the benefits are that they generate the most profits for themselves, the drawback is that sales … [Read more...]

Just recently, a controversial United States patent expired 20 years after the application underlying the patent was filed. The patent was granted in 1999 to Amazon, a company then in its infancy, and covered the "1 click" method of online order placement which has become so familiar on the Amazon … [Read more...]

Can Your Inventions Make Money Inventors typically get a good idea of what their product might sell for by checking out competitive products or asking potential customers what they will pay. Also check out this … [Read more...]

Web App Developers are Inventors Too Theresa Piasta is an Army veteran who suffers from PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) who loves her service dog Waffles, a Cavapoo, who calms her during panic attacks and has had  a positive impact on her life. Piasta takes Waffles out with her when going … [Read more...]

Tristar Products Looking for New Ideas Product development company Tristar Products, Inc. accepts invention ideas from both loyal customers and the general public. The company is currently on the lookout for the next great invention or innovation. FAIRFIELD, NJ AUGUST 22, 2017 Product development … [Read more...]