num_pages: 288
description: NATIONAL BESTSELLER  From one of the stars of ABCs Shark Tank and QVCs Clever &amp; Unique Creations by Lori Greiner comes a hands-on nuts-and-bolts guide to getting a new product or company off the ground and making it a success.Turn your idea into a reality.Become your own boss.Make your first million.Achieve financial freedom.Lori Greiner shows you how.Invent It Sell It Bank It! is a hands-on nuts-and-bolts guide to getting a new product or company off the ground and making it profitable. Sharing her own secret formula and personal stories along the way Lori provides vital information and advice on topics that can often intimidate frustrate and stump aspiring entrepreneurs.Offering behind-the-scenes insights into her experiences on ABCs Shark Tank and QVC-TVs Clever &amp; Unique Creations by Lori Greiner as well as valuable lessons learned from the mistakes and triumphs of her early career Lori proves that with hard work and the right idea anyone can turn themselves into the next overnight success.Lori covers such topic as . . . Market research: Is your idea a hero or a zero? Dont be so fixated on the end result that you forget to make something that people actually want to buy.  Product design: I have an idea now whats next? From concept to prototype to final product: How do I make it and where do I start? Funding: Although loans investments and crowd-sourcing are great ways to access cash first tap into your own resources as wisely as possible. Manufacturing: Seeing your final product roll off the assembly line is a magical moment but there are things to watch out for so you get there in a cost-effective way. Protecting your idea: To patent or not to patent and other things you can do to safeguard your idea. The secrets to selling successfully: You got the product made now learn how to get people to buy it!
language: English
title: Invent It, Sell It, Bank It!: Make Your Million-Dollar Idea into a Reality
publisher: Ballantine Books