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home | Get Free Tips and News | Tips and Alerts August 2011
 

Tips and Alerts August 2011


 


For those of you who have missed me - I'm still here! She's Ingenious! is a labour of love, but I'm back on the case as my government role with heads of innovative high growth companies winds down. I'd love for you to join the membership and use resources on the website. And if there's anything that's missing for you, just let me know. Meanwhile, if you're advanced with your product development, do sign up for our Tip Exchange this October - see below for more.  
 
Cally Robson, Founder, She's Ingenious!...


Tips For Everyone

Launching A New Food Product
Launching A New Food ProductGoing from your kitchen table to supermarket shelf is the obvious step for anyone wanting to make a scaleable business out of their culinary know-how. Clare Panchoo, Founder of Born To Be Yummy healthy snacks for children, set out to do just that. Now on independent shop shelves around the country, Clare shares her top tips for creating and launching a new food brand . . . keep reading

Opportunity To Feature Your Product On TV

Opportunity To Feature Your Product On TVLisa Warner, Founder of Fink Cards, has put together a pilot with Ideal World TV channel to feature mum-invented products to audiences up to 200,000 viewers. I caught up with Lisa to find out more about the pilot, how it came about,and what the deal is for mumpreneurs . . . keep reading
 


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How To Approach Product and Safety Testing
How To Approach Product and Safety TestingYou've done all the work. Market research. Designing and Prototyping. Sourcing materials and manufacturers. And then someone mentions product testing. You're in trouble. Here are some helpful hints on how to approach product testing and safety testing to keep costs down and get the best chance of selling your product to distributors and retailers . . .keep reading



From the Archives: Free Web Tools For Searching The Market Potential Of Your Idea
Free Web Tools For Searching The Market Potential Of Your IdeaTraditional market research move over. These days, for a complete picture of the demand for your new product or business idea, you need to be using online tools. They save time, and the more exact results can take the guesswork out of understanding what your customer really really wants . . . keep reading 
 
 
Discussion ForumFrom the She's Ingenious! Forum... 

* Faye is looking for a toys product designer 
* Jeremy (yes we do have men as members) has a question about product liability insurance
* Hannah has a question about trademarking
 
Free Mentoring Calls for Members (Join Every 2 Weeks by Phone or Web)
Next Mentoring Clinics for Members (Phone or Web) (31 August 9pm, 15 Sept 10am) Need some signposting? Or a sounding board? Or do you just want to connect with other women like you? These groups calls are run regularly for Members only. Get details for the next scheduled call and sign up for reminders... keep reading
 
 
QUOTE: "Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching." Satchel Paige
 
 
 


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Are you a woman with an innovative technology or product? At prototype stage or beyond? Come and meet other women developing and taking new product ideas and inventions to market. After last year's hugely successful She's Ingenious! show and tell event, we're getting together again this autumn at the British Library in London   more info > > >
 
 
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