Sources of Ideas

May 28, 2007 0 comments

The Practice of Ideas: Identifying, Advocating and Making It Happen

• Your education

• Professional work based experience

• Hobbies, leisure, adventures

• Associating with friends, relations, business or social acquaintances who have ideas

• Visiting trade fairs, exhibitions, conferences, craft fairs

• Analysing other peoples successful ideas

• Redesigning successful ideas to:

  (1) deliver to new markets;

  (2) adapt for alternative products or services

• Researching published secondary sources of information:

  (1)patent applications;

  (2)innovations;

  (3) experimental and technological advances

• Purchasing
  (1)intellectual property rights, licenses, franchises,
  (2) incomplete projects
  (3) from a shortage, or absence of supply, unobtainable personal requirement

• Accessing sponsorship funding to carry out pure research

Posted by Lisa
Categories: Business Entrepreneurship