Money and Your Innovation

How you view the relationship between money and your invention, product, startup or business can make all the difference.

How you establish money’s relationship to your invention or business can play a big role in whether you are successful or not.
And how you manage the money used for your invention can be more important than finding it. In “Money & Your Invention”, we explore many of the ways to bootstrap, and get going with your invention, startup or business without selling out before you get started. We’ll also look at funding sources, and why (or why not) they may be right for you. How you view the relationship between money and your invention can make all the difference.


Your Instructor


Don Skaggs
Don Skaggs

Don Skaggs is an inventor, entrepreneur, speaker, author, and consultant to a wide range of businesses.His experiences include starting his own business and taking it from bootstrap to successful exit.

Developing new and innovative products, manufacturing those products and successfully selling them in the marketplace gave him the opportunity of living on both sides of the fence – development and marketing.

Don is now known for helping inventors, entrepreneurs and small businesses through the Inventors Network KY, Empowered Inventing Academy, Consulting & Coaching, and the Empowered Inventing TV YouTube channel.

Course Curriculum


  Money and Your Invention, Product, Startup or Business
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What people are saying...

"I would have never got my successful invention off the ground without your help."

Dan A. (EMPOWERED INVENTING 1-2-1)


"Thanks for the help and input...had a blast AND learned a lot, plus was very motivating to engage with all the positive energy. My hat is off to you for doing this."

Brian S. (Inventor/Entrepreneur Workshop)

Frequently Asked Questions


When does the course start and finish?
The course starts now and never ends! It is a completely self-paced online course - you decide when you start and when you finish.
How long do I have access to the course?
How does lifetime access sound? After enrolling, you have unlimited access to this course for as long as you like - across any and all devices you own.
What if I am unhappy with the course?
We would never want you to be unhappy! If you are unsatisfied with your purchase, contact us in the first 30 days and we will give you a full refund.

A Note from Don Skaggs

Thanks so much for seeing what we have to offer for inventors & entrepreneurs!

I'm so glad that you are here. Why?

Because I've spent most of my life bootstrapping & growing companies, creating & launching new products, and working with other inventors & entrepreneurs to help make them successful.

Now I want to make this great information available to you! In this course, I've put some of the best vital pieces together to help you get started with the right idea, and transform it into something real, be it a sellable product, licensable invention, or viable business.

Are you at beginning of your idea's development? Have you taken your idea or invention so far and now you feel like you're stuck?

Not to worry, because I developed this course for all those people I've seen coming through my doors over the years - the ones that have a great idea but just don't know what to do or where to go next.

You put 3 things into an invention, product or startup: you put your time, you invest money, but there's this 3rd, often overlooked element - WISDOM. And this is the most important of 3. Why? Because if you don't acquire the Wisdom first, you'll likely take your time and money and pour it down a hole.

Because if you don't have the Wisdom in place first, you won't know where to spend the time & money, and will waste it in the wrong places. This is what makes it vitally important for any inventor, product developer or entrepreneur.

I sincerely hope that you take this valuable wisdom and implement it into your idea, invention, product or startup!

- Don

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