Eureka!: The Entrepreneurial Inventor's Guide to Developing, Protecting, and Profiting from Your Ideas [Textbook Binding]

Robert J. Gold (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 15, 1994

A guide to inventing for profit. This book addresses the psychology of the inventor's life; raising capital; secrecy and documentation; patent attorneys; developing prototypes; establishing credentials; getting publicity; and creating a network.

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Inventor, teacher, and man-of-all-trades, Gold leads fledgling innovators down the paths of brainstorming, patents and trademarks, design, fund-raising, and marketing, with an eye not on the big score but, rather, on a series of small triumphs. His sense of humor helps reduce his sometimes single-minded viewpoint, and he provides realistic advice in the myriad checklists, questionnaires, and forms included. Occasional flippancy and errata don't detract from some practical tips for beginners. Barbara Jacobs

Product Details

• Textbook Binding: 288 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1 edition (April 15, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130117358
• ISBN-13: 978-0130117359
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,874,124 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars I just have a comment, April 26, 1999

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This review is from: Eureka!: The Entrepreneurial Inventor's Guide to Developing, Protecting, and Profiting from Your Ideas (Textbook Binding)

This morning 4/26/99, I read several reviews which depicted this book in a very bad light. What happened to those reviews?! Why has Amazon.com removed them. They were very helpful in making a decision as to buy or not. I decided not to buy. Why were those reviews removed?!

4.0 out of 5 stars Decent book for beginning inventors.., December 28, 2004

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This review is from: Eureka!: The Entrepreneurial Inventor's Guide to Developing, Protecting, and Profiting from Your Ideas (Textbook Binding)

While it is nearly impossible to define what it really means to be an inventor or entrepreneur, Mr. Gold does go a long way toward helping the novice wrap their heads around the problems and pitfalls ahead. The writer has also provided a number of very helpful blank forms for documenting the process. Too bad it's out of print... but a bargin at $3 used... :']