How do you get from an idea to a product?

**MisterMcJib** · 07-09-2008 02:12 AM

I was wondering, how exactly does someone with an idea for a product go forth in starting a business around it?

What's the first step in inventing something, and where does one go from there?

I feel like I've had some good ideas, but I've just never known where to go with them. Thanks for any advice

**bizdev** · 07-09-2008 10:29 PM

Depends on how you plan to sell your product...online, brick and mortar shop, licensing, wholesaling to other retailers.

In my blog (go through my website below) I started posting about someone that I was taking step by step through the process of getting her product to market. I discussed in detail exactly how to set up the business around her product. Check it out.

**the_ceo** · 07-11-2008 02:12 PM

I did some googling and i found this site:
entrepreneur.com/startingabusiness/inventing/inventionscolumnisttamaramonosoff/article179084.html

I always thought it was:

You have an idea, take it to a design firm, get a prototype, start mass producing