Not long ago, I spoke to a brilliant young woman who has a new invention that she would like to market to the world. Of course, she already has a day job, but she would like to use this as her ticket out of the 9-5 world and help her launch her career as a successful, innovative and entrepreneurial company. I applaud so much that desire to succeed in the free market. I think that’s what makes America great, as there are opportunities for people who want to take advantage of them and are willing to take risks. Now, let’s talk about this a second time, shall we?
Can someone really bring a new invention to market if they still have a day job? Yes, I think they can, and there are many success stories from those who have. No, it’s not going to be easy, but even if you only spend a few hours a night, you can put together a pretty decent business plan, work on your prototype, do the patent searches, and do market research to find out if you want it. to produce, if your original thinking and concept can really make it into the real world. You may find that your idea is great, but no one is really going to buy it, and you are not going to get rich selling it.
That’s okay, because this study that you do in advance and the business planning that you work hard to learn, well, these are the first steps, regardless of what the invention is. Even if this invention doesn’t make sense, that doesn’t mean your next idea doesn’t. What you need to do is keep your mind active, focused, and don’t let your great ideas of optimism slip away with you. You have to be systematic in your approach. Of course, this is my advice to the young woman who has a great invention, but I can’t tell you what it is, it’s a secret for now.
There are a number of steps you need to take, those steps take time and require patience, if you have a day job then you have all the time in the world, right? So you need to get started right away, do your research, your business planning, and see if it’s something people will buy. If so, start designing your prototype and see if people like it, if so, file a provisional, patent-pending patent and do some test sales on eBay, Craigslist, and / or Amazon.
Try some social media with your friends and family to see if you can build some buzz, if things take off then you can quit your job. If not, keep thinking and working on your next project, because now you have more experience launching products. Please consider all of this and think about it.