Invent Innovate and Prosper

You dont need to be lucky, or a genius, to create a successful invention. you just need a clear process to spark ideas and bring them to market.michael colburn is an inventor. he wasnt always, but he made himself into one and realized a powerful truth: inventing is a skill anyone can master. over the last four decades, he has created inventions and built businesses and partnerships worth millions of dollars based on his inventions.michaels success was not an accident. with every invention, he followed a clear process for finding an idea, researching, testing, and bringing it to market. along the way, michael studied historys great creators and realized their processes were not very different from his. artists, writers, inventors, entrepreneurs-they all follow a similar method for bringing ideas to life. we just so rarely get to see it. invent, innovate, and prosper is a practical handbook for inventing based on michaels decades of work as a successful inventor. he shares his step-by-step system for launching profitable inventions, along with the surprising real-life lessons that helped him thrive. youll learn how to:adopt a detectives mindset to find invention ideas in everyday liferesearch your ideas viability and troubleshoot glitchesdesign, engineer, and build prototypes with minimal financial investmentprepare and test your products for the marketmichael also profiles some of the worlds most prolific inventors, from alexander graham bell to lori greiner, and offers legal templates to help you navigate red tape. whether youre already a maker or are just starting to brainstorm new products, youll discover how to turn the kernel of an idea into a lucrative invention.