Review: Great Book and Education on Inventing
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 8, 2013
I've wondered how to get started with inventing for a long time and finally there's an easy to digest book on how exactly to go about it. Everyone has good ideas, but figuring out how to bring them to market is the confusing part. Thanks to Mark Christopher's book, I'm ready to get started. The book lays out some important strategies that I wasn't aware of and makes the good point that, "You only can pitch someone once." If you don't use the right strategies when you move forward with your invention, your good ideas and efforts will have been for nothing. Mark talks about some of his personal experiences that lead him to inventing. His journey from service in the U.S. Army, to the restaurant business, the business world, and finally inventing is fascinating. His personal stories of unscrupulous methods some companies may use against you serve as an excellent cautionary tale that every inventor should be aware of. Mark explains in-depth in one of his chapters about how inventors can protect themselves against the shady dealings of others. The book does a great job of laying out the process of prototyping, testing, and ultimately bringing your invention to market. If you're serious about getting into inventing then reading this book is a great starting point. Ultimately, inventing falls on you though. As Mark's number rule goes, "Either do or don't do."