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		<title>How to leap from Idea to Prototype</title>
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				<title><![CDATA[Hi,

I`ve just posted this els]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Hi,

I`ve just posted this elsewhere, but if you are UK based then it should
be just the thing, so I hope you don`t mind me posting it again :)

KnowledgeRICH is ]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Suggestions for your next steps:]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Suggestions for your next steps:
1.&nbsp; Decide what you are trying to accomplish with your design and prototype.&nbsp; State your goals with as much detail as possible.&nbsp; Review these a number of times to get them as accurate as possible.&]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[dream2reality,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[dream2reality,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; You may want to check with local university`s engineering depts.&nbsp; I know a number of inventors who have worked with university engineering schools local to them and received free help in the way of CAD drawin]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[RunesofGaia,If you`re in a posit]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[RunesofGaia,If you`re in a position in which funds are scarce, it might be a challenge, but in the end, I think it`s better to go about developing ideas into products by boot-strapping it rather than investing a lot of money up-front (in 95% of cases).]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Inventing is much like investing]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Inventing is much like investing: lots of time and money are needed.&nbsp; That`s the whole idea of a capitalist system.An invented product needs sales in quantities to make it worthwhile, given possible substitutes.&nbsp; High volume sale needs lo]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Having lack of capital is certai]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Having lack of capital is certainly a hinderance to many people with good ideas. Regarding the wipes with 409 - what`s not known is whether the company already had that idea in concept, test marketing, or developed in other markets. It would be difficu]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[I am new to this site so please ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[I am new to this site so please excuse me if this info has been covered before somewhere else.
I have several&nbsp;problems regarding some inventions I have come up with.
The most important problem is a lack of funds to have prototypes m]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[where/how did patentcafe get tha]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[where/how did patentcafe get that number?&nbsp; why do you trust that number?&nbsp; If I put the following sentence on my website, would you believe it?"97% of all patents DO make money for their inventors."]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[97% of all patents don`t make mo]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[97% of all patents don`t make money for their inventors - see http://2xfr.patentcafe.com/guidelines_owners.aspI`ve seen numbers even as high as 98%.That being said, I spent tens of year with prototype engineering.&nbsp; That`s the fun part.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Try to contact your local chapte]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Try to contact your local chapter of SCORE. SCORE stands for the Senior Core of Retired Executives and is part of the SBA. Personally I would contact a mechanical engineering firm and discuss your project with them. Make sure you ask them to sign a non-dis[...]]]></description>
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