Target Audience

This book is for engineers and scientists who have the aptitude and education to create new products that could become income-producing businesses for themselves and for investors.

Book Structure and Approach

The book uses short chapters and gets directly to the point without lengthy and distracting essays.

Industry Context

The rapid growth in technology-based business plan contests is a clear sign that there are many wealthy inventors looking to make substantial investments in start-ups based on new inventions by inventors, who lack the funds and knowledge to start a business.

Key Features

The key features of this reference enable readers to sharpen their new idea, turn an idea into a commercial product, conduct patent search and complete a provisional patent application, and collect requisite data and prepare a business plan based on a carefully selected business model.

Supporting Materials

Supporting materials are provided on the book's extensive website (www.engineer-entrepreneur-book.com/).