If you are an entrepreneur with your own business and/or are a woman or a minority, you can fill out some paperwork and certify your company as an official “Minority or Woman-Owned Business.” If you are a minority, look into the National Council of Minorities or the Women’s Business Association. These two organizations are national [...]
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I have both a blog (you’re reading it) and a website www.anuleaf.com, that sells a hemorrhoid product I invented (Anuleaf AD). I have found the internet to be like the Wild West in some ways. While I was working hard to write content and make videos, my competitors were stealing my content and materials for [...]
The hemorrhoid market on the internet is very aggressive and often tacky. It is filled with aggressive marketing claims that talk about how fast and how great a certain product is, claiming it is scientifically formulated or that it has a secret ingredient. These false promisers even make their own misleading websites or blogs with [...]
Another important factor in the overall creation of a product is knowing your industry margins. Finding this information out early on in your process will benefit your decision making. It seems like a catch 22 but it can be conquered. A good industrial designer or manufacturer can help you with this. Finding the right business [...]
The most important road block for me in bringing my product to market was in not knowing industry lingo. Once I learned the terms of my industry, I was able to find the right people — with a lot of perseverance. For example: a key word for me was “converters.” These are the manufacturers that [...]
In order to prepare a product for manufacturing, you will need to get an industrial designer to help you create technical drawings so that you can be precise about your specifications before you go into manufacturing. Don’t feel like you need to pay up the nose for this. I had a bad experience with someone [...]
The process of obtaining a patent is not as easy as it may seem. At first, I was told I would be able to get a patent fast. It turns out it wasn’t fast and it was costly, so unless you have a friend who is a lawyer and can do the associated work for [...]
After I had invented my product (Anuleaf AD), the first thing I did was go to a patent attorney and draw for him exactly what I had in mind. It was actually two products: an adhesive device and an undergarment. This was my first step and it proved to be a smart one. Someone I [...]