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Total Inventor's Manual: Transform Your Idea into a Top-Selling Product (Popular Science)

by Sean Michael Ragan Author

This book provides a roadmap to becoming a successful innovator. The book will teach you how to:

- Ideate, prototype, and test: Get your great idea out of your head and into the real world. Includes lessons in CAD, 3D-printing, laser-cutting, electronics, robotics, coding, and more.

- Get your idea funded and protect it with a patent. Learn to refine your prototype’s look and feel to boost its market appeal.

- Manufacture and run a supply chain: Bring your invention to the masses with tips on manufacturing processes and best practices.

- Market and sell your product: Position your product, deal with consumer feedback, and run or sell your successful company.

The book features profiles of successful inventors who created products like the space suit glove, heart stent, super soaker, roomba, digital camera, makerbot 3D printer, UV water purification, home pregnancy test, and more.

(This book may contain a sharpie mark on the top or bottom edge and may show mild signs of shelfwear.)