how do i sell an idea for laptop design?
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i'd be careful who you told go here for info on getting a patent http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-subCat-m-4-sc-25-legal_patent_trade_law-i
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First off it would take lots of money do you have that??  Will your product sell from a little boutique.  You need to write up a proposition and get it to a loan officer or someone that is more qualified.  This little place might be two minutes from disaster.  Don't loose lots of money.  I wish you the best.
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if you have atelent to make something that is saleable
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You need a prototype or demo. \n\nDepending on the specifics, a patent may be a huge waste of time and money. \n\nIf you don't have money, you need a partner or licensee. Ideally a company who's already in that business or selling to those cusotmers who would buy your thing.  \n\nYou will need a lawyer. The specialty is called "intellectual property"\n\nYou will have to work hard and be persistent; there are plenty of people like you who think they have the better mousetrap but have no money. You will hear a lot of no's.\n\nIf I may suggest: "marketing" is more critical to your success than "designing" or "making"
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Try a program like Business Plan Pro. It'll help you sell your idea to other people -- including financial backers.
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think bigger...sell it online to everybody!\n\nGood Luck
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mayb make a website of ur own from geocities or sumthin similar or u can always go to Cafepress.com to sell stuff that you dont have to make jus give them the design and they'll do it.
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depending what niche you want - if no ideas and no niche- buy a bungle products with resale rights like on sale on many sites - as an example we have purchased this one at http://www.estshopping.com and start make mini-sites then look at your sales stats
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Be very leery of the companies on TV that say they will bring your idea to market.  Most of those are scams.  They will steal your idea and give you little to nothing for it.  Have you considered who you would sell the product or service to?  Depending on the product, you can have your product manufactured by a company that does that kind of stuff, then sell the finished product to a retailer.  You would be the "middle-man" but your only work is finding a good manufacturer with the right price and selling the finished product to the retailer once.  (Think of selling it to a Wal-mart.)  You'd take a nice profit off the top.  Have you considered licensing your product to a distributor thus receiving a royalty.  That reduces a lot of headache and minimizes your liability.  It would be their responsibility to manufacture it and sell it.  Those little battery testers on packages were done that way.  Don't put all your hope in a "company" that will magically make you rich.  You are creative, so think of creative ways to get the product to market.
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To be honest. Not much. The desktop market is just too saturated. I would look at donating it to a charity. You get a better tax write off than going through the hassle of trying to sell it, while helping out folks in need. Win-win. TX
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If you really want to sell your idea thens do the following:\n- Start an Advertising company of your own.\n- Be Materialized your innovative ideas to Market your own company.\n- Approach corporates and offer your theme.\n- Setup a team of professionals around you to implement in the form of client requirement.\n- If you are in a position where you cannot run a company for yourself then try to get a placement in top corporation brand marketers/publishers.\n- Or try to work as a Freelancer or as a consultant where a few medium ranged companies offering the oppourtunites to outsource the talients as what you have.\n- all the best.\n-----------------------
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You cannot sell an idea.\nEvery time somebody invents a new invention somebody says "I was just thinking about that"\nIdeas are worthless.\nIf your idea is a product then build a PROTOTYPE and patent it and then sell the patent.\nIf you idea is a service then build a service company and start selling your service.
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you can submit it to search engines with meta tags like design, and designers and you can advertise with google adwords www.adwords.google.com
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Find something everyone will need and then patent it.\nIt could be anything that would do with or about computers.\nLook at RIM and the struggle it is now facing.\nWith good maketing ANY enhancement or a new design could be worth millions.\n\nHowever, the biggest path to being rich is with maintenece or service of systems/databases or with old programming languages.
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i don't know if there are any companies which simply buy ideas. if you have an idea, then it will be targeted to a certain group. find out which companies could be interested in selling that product to this group. you need to be confident and need to be able to present yourself and your idea to have a chance.
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you need to make the potential manager believe what you have is a marketable item.convince them by putting together a professional presentation. good luck
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You can protect your idea by filing a provisional claim with the USPTO. This is kind of like a "patent lite" and allows you to protect the product for up to a year.  The cost is US$200 and should be done straight away. Visit the PTO website for information on filing applications electronically. \n\nAfter that, prepare yourself for a tremendous uphill battle. If this is a design patent (i.e. a new form of an existing product), you will find it difficult to locate interested buyers. If this is a utility patent (a new product or process), you will need to find companies within the industry and see if they are interested. \n\nYou will want to get a hold of a standard NDA/NC (Non-Disclosure Agreement / Non-Compete). These are fairly boilerplate and should be easy to locate on the 'net. Requiring NDA's is STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE when shopping around an idea and manufacturers are generally comfortable signing them. If a manufacturer refuses to sign, WALK AWAY. There is something wrong. An NDA is no guarantee that a company won't steal your idea, but at least it provides evidence of due dilligence during any potential infringement lawsuit.\n\nSearch the various government department websites for grant applications. The government is always looking to foster the development of new ideas that can potentially benefit the nation. There are grants for both non-profit and for-profit company's available and some even include grants for "concept development and R&D". \n\nBarring that, you may want to consider some form of rapid prototyping. Depending on the invention idea, this could be a short production run of the product, some kind of stereo lithography or other RP, or a "proof of concept" 3-D model, engineering analysis, etc. Having a physical, working prototype that a potential buyer can see, touch and interact with is FAR more impressive than a napkin sketch. Be prepared to spend $1-10K on a prototype. Well worth the investment, because if a picture is worth 1,000 words, a prototype is worth 1,000,000.\n\nGood Luck!