Innovation


Recent Innovation Guides

How to Protect Your Trade Secrets

Advice for the small-business owner on protecting trademarks, writing nondisclosure agreements, and other tools for protecting intellectual property.  Read more

How to Outsource R&D

R&D isn't just for big corporations. Here's how you can use innovation to build your business, from selecting projects to tax advantages.  Read more

How to File for a Patent

This step-by-step guide describes the legal process of filing for a patent.  Read more

How to Conduct Market Research

A guide to using market research to understand who your customers are and what they want  Read more

How to Bring Your Invention to Market

Here's a step-by-step process for turning a good idea for a new invention into a financial success.  Read more

How to Guard Against Patent Infringement

Once you've received patent protection, enforcing it is mostly your job. Here's how.  Read more

How to Protect Your Invention

Advice and tips on how to protect a new invention from copycats and competitors  Read more

How to Find and Hire Good People

A guide for entrepreneurs and small business owners on screening, writing job descriptions, background and credit checks, and more.  Read more

How to Build an Innovative Company

Tips on bringing your invention to market, research and development, patents and more.  Read more

How to Secure a Patent

Tips on how to protect your company's intellectual property.  Read more

How to Profit from Market Research

Knowing what your customers want and how they want it is essential to any business. Here's how to gather information through market research.  Read more

The Innovation Factor: The Series

In its three-part special series on innovation, Inc focused on companies and company leaders that have made innovation an integral part of their bus...  Read more

How-to Protect Your Invention from Scams

Inventors' enthusiasm and passion for their inventions, coupled with their lack of knowledge about the process, make them attractive targets for scam arti...  Read more

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