Total Inventor''s Manual: Transform Your Idea into a Top-Selling Product

Everyone wants to be the next Bill Gates or Steve Jobs, but theres never been a clear road map to becoming a wildly successful innovatoruntil now. In The Total Inventors Manual, youll learn to MAKE ONE Get that great idea out of your brain and into the real world with a crash course in ideation, prototyping, and testing. Includes clever, can-do lessons in CAD, 3D-printing, laser-cutting, electronics, robotics, coding, and more. SELL ONE Whether youre riding the Kickstarter wave or hitting the venture capital beat, get your idea fundedand protect it with a proper patent. Then learn to refine your prototypes look and feel to give it a boost in the market. MAKE MANY Bring your invention to the masses with tips on manufacturing processes and best practices, plus solid advice for beginners on a running supply chain. SELL MANY Youve built ittime to make them come. Discover how to effectively position your product in the marketplace, deal with consumer feedback, and runor sellyour newly successful company. With profiles by Rachel Nuwer on the winning inventors who brought you the space glove, heart stent, Super Soaker, Roomba, digital camera, Makerbot 3D Printer, UV water purification, home pregnancy test, and more. See more