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Pursuing an invention is like opening a business. There is no instruction booklet. Just as if you have a groundbreaking business concept, when purusing an idea, there is no formula to follow, and you can’t follow in anyone’s footsteps. Just like inventing itself, no one can explain to you how to come up with an idea. It just happens. Pursuing an invention is more of an art than a science. If you believe that the invention itself was your stroke of creativity – you are wrong. The creativity has just begun! Countless inventors owe their product’s success to creative ideas, features, and refinements they conceived and implemented while marketing the product.

The reality is, however, very few inventions experience any significant commercial success. The inventors who have achieved success made the right decisions about protecting their inventions, whether to pursue it, and how to pursue it. They put in alot of hard work, and also had a bit of luck.

There are many great inventions that never see the light of day. Some because the inventor is too afraid it might be stolen, and never even told anyone. Others sought a patent, but never made any effort to seek out others who could help make it a reality. The old _expression “build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door” is the worst advice any inventor could follow! It would be better to listen to Thomas Edison, who said “procrastination is the death of invention.” He knew that making an idea successful requires work and dedication.

As an inventor then, you must understand that there is no such thing as a “billion dollar idea”. An idea is only worth what you are willing to devote toward make it a reality. Of course you must first make certain that you protect your idea to the fullest extent possible. Then, making your idea a reality is only possible if you are both able to assess the real value of what you created, and able to convince others of its value.