I recently attended a talk organized by the Institute of Inventors and Innovators  (III), a non-profit trying to support inventors. The energetic and impressive Ravini Moodley chaired the talk, which was on the subject of Rapid Prototyping.

There were 3 things that really stood out for me from the evening. Continue reading →

So you’ve got a big idea. And now you’re trying to decide whether or not to approach that big company as a potential partner. On the one hand, working with this big company could be the boost you need to get the idea off the ground. On the other hand, the company might steal your idea.

In Part 1 we talked about the advantages of approaching the big company early on. We now address the risk of the company stealing your idea. The risk is actually much lower than you think. Here’s why … Continue reading →

So you’ve got a big idea. And now you’re trying to decide whether or not to approach that big company as a potential partner. On the one hand, working with this big company could be the boost you need to get the idea off the ground. On the other hand, the company might steal your idea.

In Part 1 of this blog post, we’ll talk about the advantages of approaching the big company early on. In the next post (Part 2), we’ll talk about the risk of the company stealing your idea. Continue reading →

Brainstorming is the oldest and most widely used creativity technique in business today. So if everyone uses it, then it must work, right?

Wrong! Brainstorming might be OK for generating mediocre ideas with incremental impact, but it is completely useless for coming up with truly innovative breakthrough ideas. I’ve banned brainstorming in my business – and here is why. Continue reading →