Ask The Inventress: How to Turn Your Idea Into an Invention
Lisa Ascolese, a.k.a “The Inventress,†shares advice on the process of manifesting and protecting your ideas and inventions....
Inventions
Turning Patents and Ideas Into Profits
Last year, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued 288,335 new patents, reports the QVC shopping company. While all of these new ideas might have...
Inventors And Entrepreneurs Can Compete To Pitch Their Products On QVC
Companies like QVC and famous startups from Shark Tank, like Squatty Potty, Scrub Daddy and The Paint Brush Cover, have joined with the Make48 founders...
Oxygen Channel Seeks Black Female Inventors
Lisa Ascolese is a born inventor whose first idea came to her when she was 9 and still struggled to tie her shoes. She came...
Learn How to Sell Your Products on TV Shopping Networks
Getting on QVC or other TV shopping networks is a fantasy to many inventors who have an product or gadget to sell. Here's how woman...
WATCH: Brand New You with Karen Taylor Bass: Krista Barnett on Her New Invention
In our video series, Brand New You, host Karen Taylor Bass (PR expert and founder of thebrandnewmommy.com) chats with guests about reinvention, taking time for self and...
Code Name: Inventors
For most inventors, bringing their brainchild to market is a rewarding yet taxing process. From patent, design, prototype, to eventually piquing the interest of buyers,...
Patents and Profits
Each November, BLACK ENTERPRISE dedicates the issue to small business. Considered the backbone of the U.S. economy, this group met unprecedented financial challenges yet has...
Inventors Insider: 4 Rules for Inventing With a Partner
When inventing with a partner, you give up some control and ownership, but the benefits outweigh the risks as long as you lay out your...
Inventors Insider: 3 Ways to Protect Your Invention
Louis J. Foreman, the host of Everyday Edison on PBS and CEO of Edison Nation, talks about three things inventors do to prevent getting scammed...