When great minds in design & innovation are willing to share their wisdom and knowledge, listen up! Podcasts are a great option for staying on top of what’s trending (or not so much!), new design perspectives, and to get inside the crazy-interesting minds of admired innovators and designers. Podcasts allow you to make the most......

How to get your financial models, realistic goals, and believable projections right. It seems that the work of an entrepreneur is never done. You’ve got your idea (the next big thing since sliced bread, of course) and you’ve put in the hours. You’ve pulled all-nighters, you’ve traveled around the clock, and you’ve talked and talked and......

Concerns over criminal use of 3-D printing spawns legislative action in California and hits home for the TSA. Up until now, it has been rare to find a 3D printed gun being used outside of fringe activists. But recently concerns over 3D printed guns has hit both the Reno, Nevada TSA and the California legislation. While this dark......

Gig-economy freelancing realities: What the numbers show and how you can connect and compete. If anyone has ever tried to tell you freelancing is easy, it’s because they’ve never freelanced. When technology took off, it dragged many creative types along for the wild ride holding on for dear life. When the prospect of leaving regular day jobs......

How to accelerate your business with the right resource at the right time Once you get over the mindset block and recognize that you can’t and shouldn’t do everything yourself, hiring the right resource at the right time means making sure that you are prepared in your business. You need to know where you are......

Three ways to shift your thinking and take the actions needed to profit from your ideas. Here are three mindsets that might make you a successful inventor but be blocking you from seeing the actions or resources needed to take you to success: Perfectionism Of the hundreds of products and inventions I have reviewed or......