[GET] CELEBRATE NATIONAL INVENTORS MONTH!

***layna61524*** · (This post was last modified: 05-03-2022 09:38 AM by layna61524.)

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UPDATE --- MONDAY, MAY 2, 2022
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Thank you (and reps added) @imjuanita, for posting the correct link for the
October 2021 issue of Inventor's Digest. I have made the correction in my
original post. Note @Readers: If you earlier downloaded that issue,
please check back to re-download it. The link is now corrected.

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CELEBRATE NATIONAL INVENTORS MONTH!

How You Can Dream Up a Million-Dollar Idea --- Then
License It to Others for a Lucrative Passive Income for Life!

May is National Inventors Month. It celebrates the people-of-ideas --- both living and dead --- whose innovative contributions helped to benefit our day-to-day lives (individually) and improve society (as a whole). Join me in recognizing these people who dare to think outside the box and create products, systems and services that make for a brighter future for us all.

And as we celebrate their genius, let this post inspire you to become the next big-idea creator with a new or improved product that can make you rich!

First, read more about the invention process.

I have also included PDF issues of Inventor's Digest for you to enjoy --- they can help motivate you to think creatively or to think of improvements that could enhance existing products.

Lastly, enjoy my library of books on coming up with great ideas for inventions and licensing them to bring in passive income.

MAY IS NATIONAL INVENTORS MONTH: It was previously celebrated in August but in 2011, was moved to May to align with National Inventor's Hall of Fame induction ceremonies, which occurs in May.

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INVENTOR'S HELP

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INVENTOR'S DIGEST ISSUES - Back Issues and 2021 To Present: I know this is a lot of links to deal with so use a program like IDM or JDownloader2 to parse the links and do a quick, hands-off download versus manually grabbing them. Also, use the slider arm in the window below to see all of the links.

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NOTE: It looks like the May 2022 issue has not been added yet, so here is the link you need to BOOKMARK and check back with to download past (2020) and future issues on your own:

INVENTOR'S DIGEST - PAST AND UPCOMING ISSUES

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Now, with all that out of the way, here is what I actually wanted to share...

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HOW TO GET LICENSING IDEAS
USING LINKEDIN
Ditch Cold Calling Forever! Connect With
Companies Looking for New Products

ABOUT THE BOOK:

Do You Have Great Ideas But Don't Know How to Get Them To The Right People At Open Innovation Companies So You Can License Your Inventions?

Start using LinkedIn®, the professional networking platform with nearly 700 million members, but you have to use it the right way. LinkedIn® has fundamentally changed the game for inventors, product developers, entrepreneurs, and anyone with an idea.

Now creative people can identify, research, and get in touch with the right employees at the right companies within a matter of seconds, anytime and anywhere, day or night.

Never waste your time hunting down a marketing manager’s phone number again! In fact, by using LinkedIn®, you can license your idea for a new product without making a single cold call.

But, there’s a right way and a wrong way to use this unbelievably powerful tool.

This book will teach you how to present yourself as the kind of professional open innovation companies want to work with, and not an amateur. Let Stephen Key, the world's leading expert on licensing inventions, and LinkedIn® licensing expert Benjamin Harrison, creator of SmartPitch, show you how to take advantage of this uniquely awesome opportunity.

What you will learn...

• How to Use LinkedIn® to find companies looking for product ideas
• How to Build your network of inventing industry leaders.
• How to Pitch your product professionally.
• How to Answer questions from potential licensees.
• How to Work towards a licensing agreement.
• How to Reach out to potential licensees anytime and anywhere!

Also included:
• 15 Pitching Scripts
• Non-Disclosure Agreements
• Licensing agreement
• Sell sheet examples

Copyright 2020, 260 pp., AZW, PDF

GET IT HERE:

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BUT WAIT...!!! THERE'S
LAYNA'S LAGNIAPPE!

Here, I'm throwing in a few extra books on brainstorming for idea generation, creating new or improved products, marketing your product ideas for awesome income and licensing your ideas to others for royalty riches --- and more!

GET LAYNA'S LICENSING LIBRARY
AIO DOWNLOAD HERE:

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GET THE REST OF THE LAGNIAPPE HERE: Please use the slider arm or you will miss some of the links!

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5 Types of Brainstorming Questions 

to Kick-Start Ideation 

https://miro.com/blog/brainstorming-questions/

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999 Great Business Ideas 

https://www.pdfdrive.com/999-great-business-ideas-e738514.html

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Ask These 8 Questions to Come Up With 

Killer Ideas 

https://www.inc.com/annabel-acton/ask-these-8-questions-to-come-up-with-killer-ideas.html

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Basics of Licensing

https://cdn.ymaws.com/members.lesusacanada.org/resource/resmgr/Docs/publications/BasicsofLicensing.pdf

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How Chicago Man Went From Broke, Overweight 

And Up to His Eyeballs in Debt to $500 Million 

In Sales With an Invention That Turned The 

Fitness Industry on Its  Head 

https://www.hardtofindseminars.com/John_Abdo_Interview.htm

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How to License Your Ideas for New Products 

Using a Simple Sell Sheet 

https://www.core77.com/posts/55950/How-to-License-Your-Ideas-For-New-Products-Using-a-Simple-Sell-Sheet

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How to License Your Invention to a Manufacturer 

for Royalties 

https://toughnickel.com/self-employment/marketing-your-invention

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How to License Your Million Dollar Idea: Cash In 

on Your Inventions, New Product Ideas, Software,

Web Business Ideas and More! 3rd ed.

https://www.pdfdrive.com/how-to-license-your-million-dollar-idea-cash-in-on-your-inventions-new-product-ideas-software-web-business-ideas-and-more-3rd-edition-d161451928.html

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Interview: Stephen Key Talks About His

Licensing Deal with Disney

https://s3.amazonaws.com/alltakeaction/audio/nointro/stephen-key-inventright-inspiredinsider.mp3

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Invent It, Sell It, Bank It: Make Your 

Million-Dollar Idea Into a Reality

https://www.pdfdrive.com/invent-it-sell-it-bank-it-make-your-million-dollar-idea-into-a-reality-e162800478.html

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Inventing 101: First Steps

https://www.inventioncity.com/inventing101

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Inventing 102: Introduction to Licensing

https://www.inventioncity.com/inventing102

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Inventors: Here's How to License Your 

Idea and Make Money [Entrepreneur.com, 2020]

https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/356150

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Provisional Patent Outline 

https://www.inventioncity.com/new-inventions/provisional-patent-outline

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Rand Brenner's Intellectual Property 

Licensing 10-Part Audio MP3 Series 

https://www.hardtofindseminars.com/LST.htm

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Stephen Key - What You Need to License An Idea 

https://www.inc.com/stephen-key/what-you-need-to-license-an-idea.html

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The Creative Curve: How to Develop the Right Idea 

At the Right Time 

https://www.pdfdrive.com/the-creative-curve-how-to-develop-the-right-idea-at-the-right-time-e200482850.html

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The Million Dollar One-Person Business

https://www.pdfdrive.com/the-million-dollar-one-person-business-make-great-money-work-the-way-you-like-have-the-life-you-want-e195158727.html

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Tips to Sell Your Ideas or License 

for Royalties [ProductCoach.com]

https://www.productcoach.com/sell-license/sell-license-invention-tips.html

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Turn Your Ideas Into A Licensing Goldmine 

While Letting Others Do The Work - Stephen Key [Podcast]

https://baconwrappedbusiness.com/stephen-key/

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Where Good Ideas Come From: The 

Natural History of Innovation 

https://www.pdfdrive.com/where-good-ideas-come-from-the-natural-history-of-innovation-e156845900.html

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Your Idea: 12 Steps to Building a Million Dollar 

Business Starting Today

https://www.pdfdrive.com/your-idea-inc-12-steps-to-building-a-million-dollar-business-starting-today-e186030783.html

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MISCELLANEOUS READINGS
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These links go to sites with blog posts on improving your idea-generation skills and turning your ideas into products you can license or sell, creative stories for fiction-writing and lots more.

You also get links to download podcasts on how to think more creatively and capitalize on the ideas you generate.

You even get a few online idea exercises (or creativity tools) designed to train your brain to generate exciting and innovative ideas!

Dave Birss, the author of How to Get to Great Ideas (that's included in your AIO Licensing Library download) has a series of online tools to help exercise your mind to create new ideas and below, I link you to them.

Be sure to bookmark the links you like!

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5 Whys 

https://davebirss.com/downloads/five_whys.pdf

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7 Tips for...

https://davebirss.com/documents/7tips.pdf

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50 Faces 

https://davebirss.com/lil/50faces.pdf

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Alternative Uses Test - Creativity Tool 

https://davebirss.com/altuses

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Brain Storm: 8 Rules

https://public-media.interaction-design.org/pdf/Brainstorm.pdf

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Brain Swipe - Creativity Tool 

https://davebirss.com/brainswap/

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Component Parts 

https://davebirss.com/downloads/component_parts.pdf

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Creative Excellence 

https://davebirss.com/documents/Creative%20Excellence%20Report%20Final%20Version.pdf

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Dave Birss - Great Ideas: You've Got Them [Podcast]

https://www.smartpeoplepodcast.com/episode/318-dave-birss-great-ideas-youve-got-them/

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Dave Birss: How to Get to Great Ideas [Podcast]

https://theimpossiblenetwork.com/podcast/dave-birss/

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Drawing Prompts Generator - Creativity Tool

https://davebirss.com/drawing-prompts-generator/

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How to Present And Sell Creative Ideas 

https://davebirss.com/how-to-sell-creative-ideas-more-effectively/

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How to Turn Your Invention Ideas Into Products

https://www.upcounsel.com/blog/how-to-turn-your-invention-ideas-into-products

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Idea to Product

https://www.imaginationfactory.co.uk/blog/post/3968/Idea-to-Product-in-5-Steps/

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Industry Switcheroo - Creativity Tool

https://davebirss.com/switcheroo/

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Inkblot Test - Creativity Tool 

https://davebirss.com/inkblot-test

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Inspiration Engine - Creativity Tool 

https://davebirss.com/inspiration

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Rate Your Refreshment 

https://davebirss.com/lil/refreshment.pdf

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Story Dice Creativity Tool - Your Handy Story Idea Generator

https://davebirss.com/storydice-creative-story-ideas/

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This 'N That Mash Up Exercise - Creativity Tool 

https://davebirss.com/thisnthat/

NOTE: Click on the Instructions button in the lower left of the screen to learn how to use this creativity tool. 

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Working With the Right People - Collaboration Worksheet 

https://davebirss.com/documents/project_skills.pdf

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Writing Ideas at the Flip of a Card - Creativity Tool 

https://davebirss.com/writing-ideas/

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And Here's The "Cherry On Top"
Of This SUPER SUNDAE of a Share!

Dave Birss - FREE 5 DAY
CREATIVE BOOTCAMP

SIGN UP HERE:

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I just signed up, confirmed my email and got the first of the 5 emails in his 5-day creative bootcamp. He also sends helpful information on getting great ideas!

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Enjoy the share today and National Inventors Month all during May!

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***imjuanita*** · (This post was last modified: 05-03-2022 08:48 AM by imjuanita.)

Thank you Layna61524 for the share, very interesting stuff to read, reps added.

Oct 2021 issue page not found, here the valid URL:

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***discomix*** · 05-03-2022, 08:28 AM

WOW! An awesome topic to read on, I love the topic and the collection of link you have shared! Great share mate @Layna

***layna61524*** · 05-03-2022, 09:24 AM

@imjuanita: Thank you for posting the corrected link for the October 2021 Inventor's Digest. I will correct the link in the OP with the one you shared. Max reps for your help with this.

@discomix: Thank you for posting and for the kind words about this share. Enjoy!

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***osmanal2*** · 05-03-2022, 11:19 AM

Nice collection, thank you and reputation given!

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***layna61524*** · 05-04-2022, 01:42 AM

Thanks, osmanal2. I appreciate your reps. Enjoy!

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***Theo1*** · (This post was last modified: 05-04-2022 02:21 AM by Theo1.)

Hey Layna!

GREAT idea for a share! As always, you really outdid yourself on this one! I love it!

P.S. Did you consider also including some of the tried and true licensing courses we've had up here, a little more old school, from Rand Brenner and Ken Kerr? How about Bob Serling's infamous Inventor's course? Not to add even more to the mix lol- Thanks again!

***layna61524*** · 05-04-2022, 09:14 AM

@Theo1: Thank you for posting. Ordinarily, I would add links to courses if I find existing links but this was intended to be a simple shout-out to observe National Inventors Month throughout the month of May.
I already had some very nice books on idea generation and licensing that I wanted to share some time ago. That is basically where my idea for this share originated. So I felt it was an added bonus when I searched Google for a few extra invention-related links only to discover that May is National Inventors Month. How timely! And finding those issues of Inventor's Digest was really pure serendipity.

So while it took me a while longer to bring it all together to share, this turned out a lot bigger than I intended and I'm okay with that.

My shares tend to take longer to post because I'm so fussy about what they look like. I go over my writing, formatting and tags in the editor until I am happy with the end result. And let me tell you, since I use a color picker app to add customized coloring to titles and subtitles and import images from my Techsmith Capture account, I have to hand-code a lot inside of the post. And I have had to pull my hair out on more than one occasion when one little slip-up in an opening or closing tag ruined the entire look of the post. It takes extra time to look for the error and correct it.

So, long-story-short, while I planned to keep this share sweet-and-simple, it just didn't turn out that way. The more topic-related links I find in my searches, the more value I add to flesh out the final share and sometimes, this takes on a life of its own.

@Football fans: Although I'm still around BBHF, I won't be here as much in the coming months. I was as happy-as-a-lark with the NFL Draft as far as New Orleans Saints picks went but as of late yesterday, Tyrann "The Honey Badger" Mathieu signed to "come home" and play for the black-and-gold on a 3-year contract! Most Saints fans are stoked and I'm one of them. I am looking forward to the upcoming months (organized team activities, mini-camps, preseason) to see how all these players pan out.

Some prognosticators are predicting the Saints won't be "the Saints of Old" with both Drew Brees and Sean Payton retired. Well, in the last couple of seasons, Drew Brees and Sean Payton didn't necessarily look like Drew Brees and Sean Payton. I'm excited to see what Dennis Allen brings. I know his coaching tenure for the Raiders years ago wasn't good but anybody can learn something under Sean Payton's guidance and Allen has had a dozen seasons to learn and improve. He has already impressed me with the draft picks (although that's primarily General Manager Mickey Loomis's forte) and I am glad that he has decided to keep Taysom Hill at tight end instead of the hybrid QB/TE role. A lot of the same coaching staff and players remain so it should be a pretty good team.

I've also got an eye on the free agency tracker to see which positions-of-need we get filled before training camp begins. This is an exciting time with the rookie draft class we got, the free agent signings and the undrafted free agents. I've got my renewal of NFL Sunday Ticket and am ready to go! So expect to see a lot less of me beginning later this month through February 2023 (after the Super Bowl).

I'm optimistic and ready for the "New Look" Saints. In 2022, we'll have 9 home games and 8 away games (including one on neutral turf in England).

Geaux Saints!

NOTE: For any NFL Sunday Ticket fans, I read that Amazon and Apple are the top contenders to get the contract after the 2022 season ends. This is not to say that DirecTV won't have it --- it just won't be exclusive to them. Hopefully, this will make the pricing a bit more affordable with the cost of EVERYTHING ELSE going off the rails. The games will be available on streaming services. Some have expressed concern about buffering issues. Other articles I've read complains about how expensive this will be for sports bar owners.

Here is one of many articles I read about it...

APPLE, AMAZON REPORTEDLY FRONT-RUNNERS
FOR NFL SUNDAY TICKET BROADCAST RIGHTS

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***12days*** · 05-11-2022, 02:50 AM

Nice share Layna. Very interesting.

The only thing that I have ever invented were excuses, but unfortunately, I never got a patent for them!

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again and GO COWBOYS! Happydance

***layna61524*** · 05-11-2022, 08:30 AM

@12days: Thanks for posting. I think you'll have a hard time trying to get a patent for excuses. Everybody has a claim on that! I know I do!

As for your Cowboys, good luck with the new season. They don't play the Saints, so I am cheering them on to rout Tom Brady and the Bucs. And if they need a blueprint, they can look at the film of the last two regular season games in 2021 between the Bucs-Saints.

I'll end my post here because I can "talk" football all day and this thread will be 10x what it is now.

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for reading!
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