Author: Maurice Kanbar
Publisher: Council Oak Books
ISBN: 9781571780997
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 220
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When the fuzz from his sweater was pulled off by a brick wall he was leaning against, Maurice Kanbar had a brainstorm. Soon he had patented, produced and successfully promoted the D-Fuzz-It sweater comb, and made his first fortune at the age of twenty-two. In this engaging “master class” Kanbar’s real world hits and misses illustrate the concrete steps every inventor must follow to successfully take his product to market.
Author: Suzanne Slade
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
ISBN: 1580896677
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
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Both Thomas Edison and Henry Ford started off as insatiably curious tinkerers. That curiosity led them to become inventors—with very different results. As Edison invented hit after commercial hit, gaining fame and fortune, Henry struggled to make a single invention (an affordable car) work. Witnessing Thomas's glorious career from afar, a frustrated Henry wondered about the secret to his success. This little-known story is a fresh, kid-friendly way to show how Thomas Edison and Henry Ford grew up to be the most famous inventors in the world—and best friends, too.
Author: Clemens V. Hedeen, Jr.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781978132672
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 118
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Hedeen is an attorney and inventor, who has been inventing toys for the past 37 years. He has dealt with the mega toy companies such as Hasbro and Mattel. He is the inventor of the Nerf Dart Gun(TM) and Micro Machines(TM). This book offers a rare view into the professional world of inventing. Hedeen discloses the secrets of the inventing business from A to Z. This book starts with helping would-be inventors throughout the creative process. It then moves on to giving insight on what to do with your invention. From prototyping, to finding a manufacturer, to self-manufacturing, to sales and marketing, this book goes over it all in detail. Some of Hedeen's best secrets come from his experience as an attorney in dealing with patents, copyrights, and trademarks and extends to licensing contracts and related issues. Some of the other issues include auditing, sales, liability, insurance and arbitration or litigation. Everyone who has a great idea for an invention should read this book.
Author: Keith Holmes
Publisher: Global Black Inventor Resea
ISBN: 0979957311
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 191
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Black Inventors, Crafting Over 200 Years of Success, highlights the work of Black inventors from over seventy countries. The author, Keith C. Holmes, has spent more than twenty years researching Black inventors from countries that include Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Canada, Cuba, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Ghana, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, St. Vincent, South Africa, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, the United Kingdom and the United States. Without inventions, innovations, financial resources, materials, muscle and labor saving devices, civilizations cannot exist and flourish. This book documents a number of inventions, patents and labor saving devices conceived by Black inventors. Among many other inventions, pre-enslaved Africans, developed agricultural tools, building materials, medicinal herbs, cloth and weapons. Although historical documents emphasize that millions of Black people arrived in Canada, the Caribbean, Central and South America and the United States under slavery's yoke, it is relatively unknown that thousands of Africans and their descendants developed numerous labor-saving devices and inventions that spawned companies which generated money and jobs, worldwide. While most authors focus primarily on American and European inventors, Keith Holmes introduces inventions, both past and present, that Black people, developed and patented globally and multiculturally.Black Inventors, Crafting Over 200 Years of Success, also features early Black inventors from virtually every state in the US. It includes details about the first Black inventor who obtained a patent in both the Caribbean and the United States. To date, seventeen African American men have been inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Two inventors, Jan E, Matzeliger, (Suriname) and Elijah McCoy, (Colchester, Canada) were not born in this countryThe material available in this book, one of the first to address the diversity of black inventors and their inventions from a global perspective, effectively gives the reader, researcher, librarian, student, and teacher the materials they need to understand that the Black inventor is not only a national phenomenon, but also a global giant.
Author: Mitch Horowitz
Publisher: Gildan Media LLC aka G&D Media
ISBN: 1722521317
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 269
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LIFE-CHANGING MASTERPIECES OF SUCCESS ALL IN ONE BOOK These eight classic works have truly stood the test of time, selling tens of millions of copies and remaining in constant demand. Now, The Secrets of Success, a one-of-a-kind anthology of achievement, reveals why they are every bit as inspiring as they were a century ago. Here are the masterpieces of success and motivation that have influenced and earned the praise of Brian Tracy, Tony Robbins, Denis Waitley, and many other self-help giants. Read such landmark books as The Science of Getting Rich, As a Man Thinketh, and The Magic Story,and you will believe you are truly learning the secrets of the masters coming to you from a hundred years ago. Reflect on the messages of Acres of Diamonds, The Majesty of Calmness, and The Greatest Thing in the World, and you will feel equipped to master the challenges of modern life with the wisdom of the ages. This compilation of life-changing classics includes: A MESSAGE TO GARCIA by Elbert Hubbard ACRES OF DIAMONDS by Russell H. Conwell AS A MAN THINKETH by James Allen CHARACTER BUILDING THOUGHT POWER by Ralph Waldo Trine THE GREATEST THING IN THE WORLD by Henry Drummond THE MAGIC STORY by Frederick Van Rensselaer Dey THE MAJESTY OF CALMNESS by William George Jordan THE SCIENCE OF GETTING RICH by Wallace D. Wattles
Author: Edith G. Tolchin
Publisher: Square One Publishers, Inc.
ISBN: 0757055249
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 290
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“Edith G. Tolchin has spent her entire career working with inventors. In Secrets of Successful Women Inventors, Edith highlights some of the greatest top-notch successful women inventors and reputable service providers, all eager to share their stories and advice. In her easy-going, personable style, Edith has gleaned the 'cream of the crop' from each of these impressive women. It’s a gift to anyone who’s ever had a winning idea but nowhere to go and no roadmap to birth their vision.” —Barbara Corcoran, “Shark” on ABC’s hit TV show Shark Tank and founder of the Corcoran Group Until recently, history has tended to highlight male inventors—but why not women inventors as well? And where are the women inventors of color? Why have so many of these women not found their rightful places in history? Thankfully, over the last few decades—with increasing opportunities to shatter the “glass ceiling”—women have begun to achieve equal footing with men in careers and in salaries. Women worldwide have also made great gains with their inventions! While in the past, many of their inventions have been largely related to the improvement of household and child care items, things have changed. With women achieving influential positions in business, scientific research, and government—women’s creative innovations are limitless. In her new book, Secrets of Successful Women Inventors, Edith G. Tolchin reveals the real-life stories of over twenty successful modern-day women inventors—stories that describe their hard work, frequent struggles, and relentless dedication to their ideas. Ms. Tolchin presents a look behind the scenes at their respective journeys—from their inventions first being sketched on napkins to the creation of multimillion-dollar companies—and offers sound advice to future inventors from several accomplished invention service providers. She also includes brief snippets of information on women inventors throughout history. While this book is about women who had dreams and made them come true, it can also serve as a blueprint for any woman looking to turn her own ideas into reality.
Author: Frank Puterbaugh Bachman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Inventions
Languages : en
Pages : 284
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Nine remarkable men produced inventions that changed the world. The printing press, the telephone, powered flight, recording and others have made the modern world what it is. But who were the men who had these ideas and made reality of them? As David Angus shows, they were very different quiet, boisterous, confident, withdrawn but all had a moment of vision allied to single-minded determination to battle through numerous prototypes and produced something that really worked. It is a fascinating account for younger listeners.
Author: David Niven, PhD
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061739286
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 211
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Scientists and academics have spent entire careers investigating what makes people happy. But hidden in obscure scholarly journals and reports, their research is all too often inaccessible to ordinary people. Now the bestselling author of the 100 Simple Secrets series distills the scientific findings of over a thousand of the most important studies on happiness into easy-to-digest nuggets of advice. Each of the hundred practices is illustrated with a clear example and illuminated by a straightforward explanation of the science behind it to show you how to transform a ho-hum existence into a full and happy life. Believe in yourself: Across all ages, and all groups, a solid belief in one's own abilities increases life satisfaction by about 40 percent, and makes us happier both in our home lives and in our work lives. Turn off your TV: Watching too much TV can triple our hunger for more possessions, while reducing our personal contentment by about 5 percent for every hour a day we watch.
Author: Don Brown
Publisher: Westholme Pub Llc
ISBN: 9781594160509
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 204
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Addresses questions such as: how do you go from an idea to a money-making product? What's the best way to protect your idea? What is the role of a patent and how should you use the process to your advantage? This book also contains a chapter on how to identify and avoid scams that plague the invention world.
Author: Heidi Poelman
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1641707585
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 17
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From the ranging curiosity of Leonardo da Vinci to the dedication and sacrifice of Marie Curie, Inventors Who Changed the World is a young child's first introduction to the brilliant people who taught us the meaning of perseverance and innovation. Simple text and adorable illustrations tell the contributions of nine renowned inventors from around the world: Cai Lun, Leonardo da Vinci, Marie Curie, Thomas Edison, Orville and Wilbur Wright, Grace Hopper, Johannes Gutenberg, and Louis Pasteur. Inspire your own little inventor with the words of these inventive heroes who changed the world.
