Empowered Inventing TV

When you become a part of one of the many Inventor or Entrepreneur Support Organizations out there, are you serious about developing your idea or are you just having fun? Don talks about why he REALLY doesn’t like the name “club”, and the important underlying principle behind it. Need help with your idea for a product or startup? Join our inventor community at https://www.kyinventors.org See all the courses, coaching and more at https://www.empoweredinventing.com

B2B? B2C?? B2B2C??? What does it all mean? Don talks you through all the acronyms and why they are important on deciding how and to whom you’re going to sell what you sell. Need help with your idea for a product or startup? Join our inventor community at https://www.kyinventors.org See all the courses, coaching and more at https://www.empoweredinventing.com

So just why is the handle for the McFlurry spoon square and hollow? Don reveals the answer along with the story of how it came to be, the inventor / entrepreneur behind it and why it should be important to us. Need help with your idea for a product or startup? Join our inventor community at https://www.kyinventors.org See all the courses, coaching and more at https://www.empoweredinventing.com

What can the function of one invention tell you about the struggles of another? Don talks about the Rescue Biner, and how it relates to the journey of your idea for a product or business. Need help with your idea for a product or startup? Join our inventor community at https://www.kyinventors.org See all the courses, coaching and more at https://www.empoweredinventing.com Buy your own Rescue Biner here: https://longtaildesigns.com/

Just what does WD40, tuna boats and space rockets have to do with each other? Don tells the wild ride of how WD40 wound up to be likely in your toolbox, and what inventor/entrepreneurs can learn from it. Need help with your idea for a product or startup? Join our inventor community at https://www.kyinventors.org See all the courses, coaching and more at https://www.empoweredinventing.com

Are you looking to “The Economy” or other outside forces to determine the success or failure of your product or business? Don gives his advice on where your focus should be and how a “victim” mentality can be a self-fulfilling prophecy. Need help with your idea for a product or startup? Join our inventor community at https://www.kyinventors.org See all the courses, coaching and more at https://www.empoweredinventing.com

Can you be an inventor and not have anything to do with business? Can you be an entrepreneur and not have anything to do with innovation? Don talks about whether the 2 are mutually exclusive, and why that should be important to you. Need help with your idea for a product or startup? Join our inventor community at https://www.kyinventors.org See all the courses, coaching and more at https://www.empoweredinventing.com

Do you have a great idea for a product or business, but it’s not moving anywhere? Don shows you how to put the “wheels” on your idea so it will actually move forward. Need help with your idea for a product or startup? Join our inventor community at https://www.kyinventors.org See all the courses, coaching and more at https://www.empoweredinventing.com

What are you willing to do to prove your idea actually works? Don relates the story of Barry Marshall, who drank bacteria to prove his idea, and what we can learn from him for our product or business. Need help with your idea for a product or startup? Join our inventor community at https://www.kyinventors.org See all the courses, coaching and more at https://www.empoweredinventing.com

What do you do when you see a competitor that you didn’t know was out there? Do you run? Hide? Attack?? Don walks you through strategies that you may not have thought of that can help you. Need help with your idea for a product or startup? Join our inventor community at https://www.kyinventors.org See all the courses, coaching and more at https://www.empoweredinventing.com

How important is the name you choose for your product or business? Don shares his story of an idea for a product, its name and what happened to it over time. Need help with your idea for a product or startup? Join our inventor community at https://www.kyinventors.org See all the courses, coaching and more at https://www.empoweredinventing.com

What do you do when your Demotype breaks at a critical moment? Don tells the story of when this happened to Nolan Bushnell, what followed and how it can apply to you and your idea. Need help with your idea for a product or startup? Join our inventor community at https://www.kyinventors.org See all the courses, coaching and more at https://www.empoweredinventing.com

When preparing to launch a product or a business, when should you be in stealth mode and when should you be in promo mode? Don unpacks what your strategies should be behind both. Need help with your idea for a product or startup? Join our inventor community at https://www.kyinventors.org See all the courses, coaching and more at https://www.empoweredinventing.com

What do successful inventors & entrepreneurs do when faced with what looks like there’s no options left? Don talks you through the concept of knowing there’s always one more move. Need help with your idea for a product or startup? Join our inventor community at https://www.kyinventors.org See all the courses, coaching and more at https://www.empoweredinventing.com

Can the wrong money at the wrong time be a curse instead of a blessing to a product or startup? Don talks about just how this can happen and why you don’t want to wind up with cash that carries a curse. Need help with your idea for a product or startup? Join our inventor community at https://www.kyinventors.org See all the courses, coaching and more at https://www.empoweredinventing.com

Are you relying on luck to be successful with your product or business? Well put away that box of Lucky Charms as Don reveals the real role “luck” plays in your success. Need help with your idea for a product or startup? Join our inventor community at https://www.kyinventors.org See all the courses, coaching and more at https://www.empoweredinventing.com

What can an inventor or entrepreneur accomplish at a show or fair? Don shares what he learned watching just that at our New Innovations Area at the KY State Fair. Need help with your idea for a product or startup? Join our inventor community at https://www.kyinventors.org See all the courses, coaching and more at https://www.empoweredinventing.com

Are you so worried someone is going to copy your idea that it’s actually holding you back? Don reveals the dirty little secret about copycats, and how it is empowering for inventors & entrepreneurs. Need help with your idea for a product or startup? Join our inventor community at https://www.kyinventors.org See all the courses, coaching and more at https://www.empoweredinventing.com

Everyone has a favorite song. Don relates why the pitch for your product or business should be like your favorite song, and how it can help make your next pitch a winner. Need help with your idea for a product or startup? Join our inventor community at https://www.kyinventors.org See all the courses, coaching and more at https://www.empoweredinventing.com

Are you a Bison or a Cow? It may sound like a strange question, but Don gives his advice on why we should pay attention to how these two behave, and the bearing it has on your product or business. Need help with your idea for a product or startup? Join our inventor community at https://www.kyinventors.org See all the courses, coaching and more at https://www.empoweredinventing.com

Love can be a wonderful thing when it applies to other people, but when used in the wrong way can it thwart the success of your product or business? Don unpacks how this can be a real problem, and probably not in the way you think. Need help with your idea for a product or startup? Join our inventor community at https://www.kyinventors.org See all the courses, coaching and more at https://www.empoweredinventing.com

Is it a good idea to continuing to add features to your product before you get input from customers? Don talks about the very real danger of “feature creep” and walks you through 7 ways to avoid it. Need help with your idea for a product or startup? Join our inventor community at https://www.kyinventors.org See all the courses, coaching and more at https://www.empoweredinventing.com

Did one of the coolest drawings in the history of US Patents come from a famous guitarist who was also a prolific inventor? Don reveals this little known story behind this musician, and the lessons we can learn from his approach. Need help with your idea for a product or startup? Join our inventor community at https://www.kyinventors.org See all the courses, coaching and more at https://www.empoweredinventing.com

Can you really take an old idea for a popular product and invent a new way of doing it? Don tells the story of the Ringsulator, and a couple of inventor / entrepreneurs did just that. Need help with your idea for a product or startup? Join our inventor community at https://www.kyinventors.org See all the courses, coaching and more at https://www.empoweredinventing.com

Think you can’t patent or be successful with an idea because of… (insert excuse here)? Don unpacks 7 excuses people use to keep them from moving forward with their idea for a product or business. Need help with your idea for a product or startup? Join our inventor community at https://www.kyinventors.org See all the courses, coaching and more at https://www.empoweredinventing.com