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How to Succeed with No Money
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How to Succeed with No Money
What Can Graphic Design Do For You?
Inventor Story: Eric Teng
How To Avoid Costly Packaging Mistakes
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How to Succeed with No Money - Part 1 - Investments

How to Succeed with No Money - Part 2 - Partnerships

How to Succeed with No Money - Part 3 - Licensing

How to Succeed with No Money - Part 4 - Negotiating Favorable Terms with Manufacturers

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March 2007
Greetings!

This issue has the final article in our five part series on how to succeed with no money.  Make sure you read this article and the other ones if you missed them.  Every inventor needs money saving tactics.

This issue we have a special guest writer, graphic artist Josh Wallace.  Josh Wallace has teamed up with us at DonDebelak.com to provide you with logos, flyers, or any other graphic design needs.  Josh has worked for us before and we were so impressed that we wanted to offer you his services as well.

We also have a new story about the inventor of the great new product, The Garlic Twist.

Don't miss the Packaging Diva's new article and our special announcements at the bottom of the page.

Enjoy!
How to Succeed with No Money
Don Debelak Other Sources of Funding
Inventors are often struggling with little or no money to bring their invention to market.  This often leaves inventors broke looking for anyone to pay them anything for their idea.  When someone else takes their idea and makes millions of dollars, this often leaves those inventors heart broken.  Does it need to be like this?  Absolutely not.  There are many ways for inventors to make money from their idea, even if they have no money to invest.

We have already discussed four ways to succeed with little or no money and our final article will be on raising money from "other" sources, covering anything from bank loans to community grants.
 
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What Can Graphic Design Do For You?
by Josh Wallace

At DonDebelak.com, we have recently teamed up with graphic designer Josh Wallace to help you with your logo design, flyers, photography and any other graphic design needs you may have.  Read Josh's article below and see how his work can help you launch your product into the marketplace. 

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Your Product Idea: A Low Risk Entrepreneurial Opportunity? 
money man Inventor Story: Eric Teng

Eric Teng found himself suddenly without a job at 46 after having been a senior corporate executive for almost his entire working life and, as a single parent, with the responsibility of caring for an eight and ten year old.   When Singapore Power bought and took over an Enron-owned power company in China, which Teng worked for, he decided to move back to the US but he didn't feel, because of his two children, that he could go back into the grind of being a big company manager. He felt his best choice was to start a small business.  He dabbled with a couple of ventures that didn't go anywhere and then he decided that maybe his best bet was to take one of his product ideas to market.

Read on...
 
How To Avoid Costly Packaging Mistakes
By JoAnn R. Hines Packaging Diva

You invest so much time and money in product development, why not invest a little more and protect yourself from making a bad packaging mistake? It is easy to make a packaging error that comes back to haunt you after you have packaged the product and sent it on its way to the retailer's shelf.

Read on...
Thanks for reading!
 
Sincerely,
 

Don Debelak
DonDebelak.com
Do you have an idea?
Oprah and QVC have launched a joint program looking for America's next big idea.  Visit QVC.com for details.

FAO Schwartz is also launching its own quest for the next big toy idea.  If you have a great new toy invention visit FAO.com for more details.

Don't forget that season two of ABC's American Inventor is back and they are currently touring the country looking for ideas.  Check out AmericanInventor.tv for more information.

 
Invention searches can be a great way to bring your product to market.  Don't miss your chance.