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Ethnographic Research for Inventors: The Fancy Name for Simply Watching Your Customer

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If you’re developing a new product, here’s a term you may encounter sooner or later: Ethnographic research. It sounds expensive. Maybe like something involving a team of researchers, a two-way mirror, clipboards, statistical analysis, and a research budget with more zeros than your entire product development budget. Fortunately, it doesn’t have to be any of […]

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The Dangerous Side of “Invention Help” Companies

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Every year, I meet inventors who spent thousands — sometimes their entire life savings — on heavily marketed “invention help” services that ultimately did little or nothing to move their product toward actual business success. And honestly, it’s heartbreaking. Now let me be very clear: This article is NOT accusing any specific company of wrongdoing

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Hiring an Engineer, Product Designer, or Firm to Launch your Invention

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So, for whatever reason, you’ve decided not to work with Product QuickStart. Maybe you suffer from Qoppaphobia.Maybe you think people from the South are weird.Maybe your cousin’s uncle’s former roommate’s hairdresser knows someone who is an intern at an engineering firm. Hey — I get it. But seriously… I still want you to have the

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AI for Inventors

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It seems like AI is everywhere right now. Chatbots. Customer support bots. AI girlfriends and boyfriends. AI-generated images. AI writing songs, poems, resumes, love letters—and apparently even poetic tributes to the first person who eats bacon on the moon. AI is showing up across businesses and services too. It can help you do your taxes.

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