This is the last part of a three part series discussing Don's business model evaluation method called Gel Factors.

Do you have a great invention? Are you looking to start a great business from your invention? This may be harder than you think. A great product does not automatically transfer itself into a great business. What you need is a great business model. A business model describes whom you will sell to and how. Often a poor business can be turned into a great business just by changing its business model.

This is Al Davis's fourth of five article about doing your own patents. This is a must read for anyone looking to save some money and buy some time with a provisional patent.

Ron Coss has a history of inventing and successfully selling surgical and dental tools. So when he invented the VibraJect, a product that uses vibrations to negate the pain of dental injections he thought he had a sure fire success.

Many detractors of the packaging industry get charged up during this period with claims on what packaging is doing to the environment and sustainability. Even chocolate packaging is under fire...The relaunch of a popular chocolate brand owned by Nestle, the world's largest food company, is causing concern in environmentally conscious circles in Switzerland. Under attack is the decision to package chocolate in polyethylene terephthalate (PET), the plastic resin commonly used to bottle drinks.