How do I realise my idea, and protect it in business?
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From the article "How to Protect Your Idea or Intellectual Property" http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol81/protectidea.htm here are some steps you need to take:\n\n1. Consult a patent lawyer and check if your idea can be patented. \n2. Keep extensive records tracking the development of your idea.\n3. Conduct an extensive research to find out if there are similar patents. \n4. Document where, how and to whom you showed your idea.\n5. Do your own market research if your idea is marketable\n6. Explore the possibility of developing the product yourself, or licensing someone else to make the product for you. \n\nTo bring your idea to market, you may want to read "How to Get Your Consumer Invention to Market" http://www.powerhomebiz.com/012006/invention.htm \n\nGood luck
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You may start by reading how to go about this process so you won't be blindsided by scammers, ripped off by other companies or your idea stolen from you:\n\n5 Actions You Must Take to Assure a Successful Invention http://www.powerhomebiz.com/122005/invention.htm\nHow to Make Money from Your Inventions  http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol121/inventor.htm\nHow To Protect Your Idea http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol81/protectidea.htm \nHow to Get Your Consumer Invention to Market\n http://www.powerhomebiz.com/012006/invention.htm\n\n\nHere are books I recommend:\n\n- Protecting Your #1 Asset : Creating Fortunes from Your Ideas : An Intellectual Property Handbook \n- Patents and How to Get One : A Practical Handbook \n- Patent It Yourself \n- Protecting Your Ideas : The Inventor's Guide to Patents
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There is a procedure to follow.\nfirst what is it for?? After you answer this question then you can continue by defining your marketing strategy in written form.\nThen contact the company the makes it and set up an appointment with their marketers ( some companies employ outside marketing agents you will need to find this out) then you have to sell your idea (keep good records of your ideas and the people you talk to-- some people will steal your idea and use it as there own - so always cover your assets so to speak) Before you set up an appointment to have your idea heard, you should do some research on how to present your idea to the marketers. Different companies want different things so ask questions. Please check out the links I provided in the source section, they should help get you started.
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The process of starting a business is easy; deciding on what business to engage in is the difficult part. There are literally hundreds of ideas you might think of that could bring in extra income. How do you know which of these business ideas will bring you success?\n\nThe first thing to do is to narrow down your business ideas. Evaluate what you think has the most market potential, what you think you can do best given the type and amount of resources you have.\n\nFrom the article "Evaluating Your Business Ideas and Products"  http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol13/evaluateideas.htm here are some questions to ask:\n\n1. Does it satisfy or create a market need?\n2. Will the product maintain market appeal?\n3. How unique is your product?\n4. How useful is your product?\n5. How much competition exists?
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Don't you have a network of friends or business associates that you can trust to share your ideas with?  Networking with others will get you to where you want to be.  Aren't there any conventions that you could tap into?  Try to attend as many of those that you can.  You might run into someone who would give you a chance to make your ideas become a realization.
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The first thing you need to do is to flesh out your business ideas. Thinking of starting an export business or a wedding planning business, for example, is one thing, but planning it out is a whole different level. And you need to do that if you want to attract investors. \n\nWhen you pitch your idea to investors, they will ask you questions: is there a market for this; how will this be produced; how much capital do you expect to raise; what is the level of competition out there. You already know your exit strategy - but how do you go there?\n\nHere are some resources that can help you write your business plan:\n\n- SBA Business Plan Basics http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/planning/basic.html\n- PowerHomeBiz.com Creating a Business Plan section http://www.powerhomebiz.com/startup/businessplan.htm\n- Entrepreneur.com Writing a Business Plan section http://www.entrepreneur.com/bizplan/0,7253,,00.html\n\nYou may also want to review some sample business plans to see how it actually looks like:\n\n- Bplans.com http://www.bplans.com/sp/businessplans.cfm\n- MOOT Corp Business Plan competition winners\nhttp://www.businessplans.org/businessplans.html\n- VFinance - View hundreds of real business plans in pdf format. http://www.vfinance.com/home.asp?bps=1&ToolPage=bps_main.asp\n- Business Owners Toolkit Sample business plans and information on how to create a plan. http://www.toolkit.cch.com/tools/buspln_m.asp\n- PlanWare Planning software and information. http://www.planware.org/\n- Virtual Business Plan Walk through the design of a business plan. http://www.bizplanit.com/vplan.html \n-SBA Business Planning Guide http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/planning/basic.html\n- Small Business Advancement Center http://www.sbaer.uca.edu/business_plan/businessPlan.pdf\n- Sample Business Plan General planning guide created by the Canadian Business Service Center. http://www.cbsc.org/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=CBSC_FE/display&c=GuideFactSheet&cid\n- Business Plans Index - A subject guide to sample business plans and profiles for specific business types from Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. http://216.183.184.20/subject/business/bplansindex.html\n-\nSome recommended books are :\n\n- Business Plans Kit for Dummies \n- The Complete Book of Business Plans : Simple Steps to Writing a Powerful Business Plan \n- Writing Business Plans That Get Results : A Step-By-Step Guide \n- Business Plans For Dummies® \n- Your First Business Plan : A Simple Question and Answer Format Designed to Help You Write Your Own Plan
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If you don't get a patent, copycats will be on your heels the moment you bring your product to market. You will have no legal leg to stand on even if you send cease and desist letters. And if they find that you have not patented the product, they may even beat you to it.\n\nFrom the article "How to Protect Your Idea or Intellectual Property" http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol81/protectidea.htm here are some steps you need to take:\n\n1. Consult a patent lawyer and check if your idea can be patented. \n2. Keep extensive records tracking the development of your idea.\n3. Conduct an extensive research to find out if there are similar patents. \n4. Document where, how and to whom you showed your idea.\n5. Do your own market research if your idea is marketable\n6. Explore the possibility of developing the product yourself, or licensing someone else to make the product for you. \n\nTo bring your idea to market, here are some tips from the article "How to Get Your Consumer Invention to Market" http://www.powerhomebiz.com/012006/invention.htm\n\nGetting Started: \n\n- The Ideabook = Keep a bound ideabook of your invention idea. Date your entries. \n- Get it Notarized = get it officially confirmed that you conceived your invention idea on a particular date, and have your notes notarized. \n- Seek and Search = Do your own patent search to ascertain if your invention is original and prospectively patentable.\n- Create the Initial Prototype = Use simple materials to rig it up, to see if it works. \n- Get Educated = Educate yourself on the inventing process. Go to a bookstore or inventorhelp.com and review the plethora of books written on the subject. \n- The Non-Disclosure Form = Agreement signed between you and anyone you reveal your invention to. \n\nMoving Ahead \n\n- Analyze Costs to Produce = Ascertain what the costs will be. \n- The Evaluation Process = Analyze the benefits and features, strengths and weaknesses of your invention. \n- Get a Professional Prototype = Have professional prototypes made, the quality of which can be shown to potential retail buyers. \n- Protect Your Idea = Apply for a provisional patent yourself. \n- The Non-Provisional Patent = Your patent attorney files your non-provisional patent application.\n\nOptions for Marketing\n\n- Licensing = The inventor has the choice to license the invention to a manufacturer in exchange for a royalty percentage in sales. \n- Manufacturing = Manufacturing and distributing your invention entails higher financial risk but can reap greater profits.\n\nHere are some books that can help you:\n\nFrom Patent to Profit by Bob De Matteis \nProtecting Your #1 Asset : Creating Fortunes from Your Ideas : An Intellectual Property Handbook \nPatents and How to Get One : A Practical Handbook \nHow to Register Your Own Trademark : With Forms \nPatent It Yourself \nProtecting Your Ideas : The Inventor's Guide to Patents
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Go to an electronics store during regular business hours and ask to speak to the general manager. Run your well prepared idea across them and see what happens. It will either be yes or no. Keep going until you hit an interested party as not all will be receptive to your proposal. But one is all you need and eventually you will hit paydirt. The only way to fail is to give up! And those who are not receptive one day may be in the mood on another day.
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From the article "How to Protect Your Idea or Intellectual Property" http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol81/protect.htm  here are some steps you need to take:\n\n1. Consult a patent lawyer and check if your idea can be patented. \n2. Keep extensive records tracking the development of your idea.\n3. Conduct an extensive research to find out if there are similar patents. \n4. Document where, how and to whom you showed your idea.\n5. Do your own market research if your idea is marketable\n6. Explore the possibility of developing the product yourself, or licensing someone else to make the product for you. \n\nTo bring your idea to market, here are some tips from the article "How to Get Your Consumer Invention to Market" http://www.powerhomebiz.com/012006/invention.htm \n\nGetting Started: \n\n- The Ideabook = Keep a bound ideabook of your invention idea. Date your entries. \n- Get it Notarized = get it officially confirmed that you conceived your invention idea on a particular date, and have your notes notarized. \n- Seek and Search = Do your own patent search to ascertain if your invention is original and prospectively patentable.\n- Create the Initial Prototype = Use simple materials to rig it up, to see if it works. \n- Get Educated = Educate yourself on the inventing process. Go to a bookstore or inventorhelp.com and review the plethora of books written on the subject. \n- The Non-Disclosure Form = Agreement signed between you and anyone you reveal your invention to. \n\nMoving Ahead \n\n- Analyze Costs to Produce = Ascertain what the costs will be. \n- The Evaluation Process = Analyze the benefits and features, strengths and weaknesses of your invention. \n- Get a Professional Prototype = Have professional prototypes made, the quality of which can be shown to potential retail buyers. \n- Protect Your Idea = Apply for a provisional patent yourself. \n- The Non-Provisional Patent = Your patent attorney files your non-provisional patent application.\n\nOptions for Marketing\n\n- Licensing = The inventor has the choice to license the invention to a manufacturer in exchange for a royalty percentage in sales. \n- Manufacturing = Manufacturing and distributing your invention entails higher financial risk but can reap greater profits.\n\nHere are some books that can help you:\n\nFrom Patent to Profit by Bob De Matteis \nProtecting Your #1 Asset : Creating Fortunes from Your Ideas : An Intellectual Property Handbook \nPatents and How to Get One : A Practical Handbook \nHow to Register Your Own Trademark : With Forms \nPatent It Yourself \nProtecting Your Ideas : The Inventor's Guide to Patents
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First, write a business plan. Second, have someone with some common business sense review your business plan. Third, re-write your business plan.\n\nThen go to local small business / entrepreneurial clubs. Most universities have small business development centers.\n\nConsider SBA loans. If you have a business that requires 200,000 in capital, the SBA will underwrite 2/3rds of that - so you might only actually need 70,000.\n\nFriends and family are often good sources for seed capital. If your plan is good enough you might be surprised how many people offer you $.\n\nAnd finally, fail fast. If your idea is a stinker move on to the next one or do something drastic to get it on the right path.
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Your best bet is to sell your idea to a company that already develops new products.  You definately need to get a patent for it from the U.S. Patent office ( http://www.uspto.gov/ ).  This will protect any potentional buyers of your idea from outright stealing it.  Other than this, I think you would be hardpressed to find people who will invest in your idea.
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Find the type of business on the link below that best describes what it is that YOU do (or want to do). Then see how to truly use the Net to make your specific business (or business idea) thrive.  http://www.wotsnext.com \n\n\nAs an example, take a look at how I use the above. Then see if you can fit something similar around your own area of expertise. Then all you need is a passion and some persistence. http://www.psychic-junkie.com/are-you-psychic.html  This page links you to all the resources I use.
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Be careful of the work at home sites.  I browed one and clicked on a link to get more information and it gave me such a bad virus, that I had to install a completely new operating system.\n\nGetting some good ideas for a business is a good question to have.  You might want to try going to www.ideacafe.com and hang out in their Cyberschmooze forums.  They offer great ideas there!!!
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Here are some ways:\n\n1. Check your competitors. The article "Building a Competitor Profile" http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol4/competia.htm contains links to sources of information you can use to research your competitors and find out what's out there regarding your business idea.\n\n2. Find out what the blogosphere is saying. Use Technorati and search for information about your business idea\n\n3. Use the Web. The article "Free Company and Industry Information: Where to Look on the Web?" http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol58/freeinfo.htm points to some resources you can use to learn more about your idea. \n\n4. Contact your competitors. Industry sleuthing is not favorably looked upon, but it can yield tremendous information. Email them using a non-business email address and request for information, or call them pretending you're a potential client without asking too many technical questions that can give you away as a competitor.
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just phone them up and sell them the idea - try wikipedia, google or ask.com
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You would have to be very careful. It is very difficult to get money from an unprotected idea.\nBasically, you will have to disclose just enough to make the person interested while keeping the most important elements secret.\nThen you can sign an agreement in which you agree to disclose the full idea in exchange of a payment.\nI must say that not many companies are ready to enter into such deals. You would have much better chances if you apply for a patent.\nOnce you have a patent, you can disclose everything to everyone because you have exclusive rights on your invention.\nYou are then free to market it on websites such as ebay.com, or more specialized websites such as freepatentauction.com.
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Try a program like Business Plan Pro. It'll help you sell your idea to other people -- including financial backers.