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Inventing 101 - How To Make Money From Inventing
How does an inventor turn their new invention ideas into money? This is probably the single most often question I receive from people who have no clue as to how to proceed. They often hope that they can sell their brilliant new idea to somebody who will hand them money. Sorry, it just does not work that way and you often end up handing a fistful of money in the other direction.

The best answer I can give is to get educated in how the whole process works - how to potentially turn an idea into a moneymaking invention. Upfront, you need to know that only a minority of ideas eventually make money. However, that should not stop you from inventing, after all even Thomas Edison had his failures.

This email course provides the basic foundation for the independent inventor to possibly turn their ideas into money making inventions.
 
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