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Co-Founder of inventRight; Author of One Simple Idea Series

Stephen Key is an inventor, IP strategist, author, speaker and co-founder of inventRight, LLC, a Glenbrook, Nevada-based company that helps inventors design, patent and license their ideas for new products.

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Thought Leaders

Not Crazy About Public Speaking? Few of Us Are. Here Are 7 Pointers to Help.

First piece of advice: Start with a story about vulnerability. It makes you relatable and trustworthy in the eyes of your audience.

Online Presence

8 Steps to Building a $3 Million Hair-Care Brand Using Social Media

Ryford Estores always liked today's short, short hairstyles. But he got fed up with the long waits at the barbershop.

Building a Business

The Simplest Ideas Can Be Extremely Profitable. Here’s Proof.

Gene Luoma solved a universal problem -- clogged drains -- with a strip of plastic from his garage. His device has sold 33 million units.

Thought Leaders

Happy Anniversary, Joy Mangano! Why This Entrepreneur Has Thrived for 20 Years.

The hugely successful inventor of the Huggable Hanger always puts her customer first.

Business Ideas

Hasbro-Indiegogo Partnership Celebrates the Benefits of Open Innovation

The Next Great Game Challenge highlights how licensing and crowdfunding can intersect.

Tech

What Your Kids Will Be Playing With Next Year: Toy Fair 2017, a Product Recap

Think drones, robotics, and toys connected to family-friendly movies. Something else: Play-Doh is back!

Entrepreneurs

Even If Your Goals Seem Out of Reach, Stay Motivated With These 6 Strategies

Don't lose hope when challenging projects seem to drag on. Use these tips to stay on track.

Thought Leaders

The Secret to Coming up With New Ideas

You don't need to be great. You just need to do.

Business Ideas

4 Amazing Products From CES I Can’t Wait to Use

From a high-tech guitar to amazing holograhic technology, here are some highlights from CES.

Building a Business

Is Your Product Idea Right for Licensing? How to Tell

Can your idea be manufactured at a reasonable price point? Can it be easily explained? If the answer is "yes," sit back and watch the royalty checks roll in.

Building a Business

How Licensing-‘in’ a Brand Can Wildly Grow Your Product Business

This contributor tells how he did a deal with Disney and how gaining entry to the Magic Kingdom was easier than he'd thought.

Thought Leaders

Inventors: Do a Patent Search Sooner Rather Than Later

What you find may dash your feelings of originality, but it can also be a roadmap for how to see your idea come onto the market.

Online Presence

How to Use LinkedIn to License Your Concepts for New Products

Product developer Ryan Diez reveals how he gets in touch with companies that are looking for new product ideas.

Building a Business

Get Your Seasonal Toy Into Walmart in Under Two Years Without Breaking the Bank

An Entrepreneur contributor interviews someone who pulled off this feat and reports on seven takeaways this man had to offer.

Building a Business

Apple Air Pods Will Likely Be a Hit Once They Get the Bugs Out

There will be plenty of consumers who are going to love and embrace Apple's wireless vision.

Thought Leaders

3 Ways to Slay the Risk of Bringing a New Product to Market

Making money from your ingenuity requires getting people as excited about the opportunity as you are.

Online Presence

6 Strategies to Stand Out on Social Media

Be creative and be tenacious in your social media marketing.

Tech

5 Ways to Create an Almost-There Prototype Marketing Video

Building it makes your idea real; video captures it visually. Do less of the first and more of the second to test the market sooner.

Marketing

6 Ways to Use Video to Sell New-Product Concepts

The trick is to show the benefit of your idea without disclosing exactly how it works.

Building a Business

The 4 Biggest Mistakes Inventors Make

Product development is a business. You can't afford rookie errors.

Building a Business

The Crucial Moment That Separates the Pros From the Amateurs

When you pick yourself up after being rejected, you become a professional.

Building a Business

10 Ways to Become Luckier in Business

Luck is about chance, the chance of something good happening and finding reward in the opportunities.

Thought Leaders

3 Basics for Filing a Patent That Actually Has Value

A provisional patent application will provide as much protection as you need while determining if your idea can really go the distance.

Business Operations & Logistics

Winning at Inventing Is a Numbers Game

Inventors too often focus on patents and expensive prototypes when what they really need is proof of demand.

Thought Leaders

The Inventor of the George Foreman Grill Sets the Record Straight

Michael Boehm explains how he created one of the bestselling infomercial products of all time.

Marketing

Have a Lot of Clever Ideas? License Them to the Novelty Gift Industry.

When I walked into Hallmark and saw "Sweet Darts," darts inscribed with the words 'I'm Stuck On You," I smiled. Seeing my name on the back never got old.