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Winning Strategies for Influencer Marketing

By Lira 11th Jul, 2019

Could Influencer Marketing be the missing piece of your marketing strategy? It can literally take you from being a “newbie” in your industry and becoming a household name. Find out the 6 step process we u...

Virality is rarely FREE or EASY. The reason something goes viral is often a result of strategic planning and design.

Top Strategies To Go Viral

By ideapros 28th Jun, 2019

The question on everyone’s mind is “How do we get a product to go viral?” You fantasize about seeing mass numbers of people hitting your website and social channels, liking your viral v...

What It Takes To Be The Next StartUp Success Story

By ideapros 24th Jun, 2019

People who are destined to be the next startup success story will scoff at the list of potential barriers because they won’t let these things weaken their resolve. It takes a special person to become an entrepreneur. Simply...

The Truth About Patents I deaPros LIVE: Protecting Your Idea

MYTHS BUSTED: How To Patent An Idea

By tessa 31st May, 2019

You have an amazing idea and you decide that you want to bring it to market… Should your first step be to patent it? Should you get 3-D drawings created? How do you protect your idea in its i...

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What It Takes To Be a Successful Entrepreneur

By tessa 29th May, 2019

Have you ever had a “lightbulb” moment before? That moment when you can see a solution to a problem and you can actually see manufacturing or creating it... ...

Behind the Idea of IdeaPros: Fred Cary

By shari 18th Apr, 2019

If becoming a successful entrepreneur was easy, we’d all have successful businesses and be lounging by a pool all day. Who doesn’t want to thrive in their industry while managing your own time and being your own boss, ...

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How a Super Venture Partner™ Helps Entrepreneurs Succeed

By tessa 16th Apr, 2019

It takes an extraordinary person to be an entrepreneur because they wake up in the middle of the night repeatedly. These visionary individuals are unable to get that new idea out of their head. Only 50% of startups survive ...

Product Launch Strategy For Viral Results

By shari 2nd Apr, 2019

After months of research, hard work, development and with intense passion, IdeaPros is bringing 14 products to market with our product launch platform. Together with our partners, we are making product launching FUN with a...

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Mistaken Identity: IDEAPRO vs. IDEAPROS

By shari 15th Mar, 2019

A business name is essential since it reflects the company’s brand. Later on, it becomes synonymous to the company’s reputation and how consumers look at your products and services. Nothing is more frustrating than to fin...

Four Lawsuit Tips to Ensure Reduced Heartache

By shari 4th Mar, 2019

Establishing and managing a business can be exciting AND profitable. However, it's natural for companies to encounter some bumps in the road no matter how ethical and cautious they are. Unfortunately, whether you're in the wr...

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Safeguard Your Reputation Using These Tips

By shari 4th Mar, 2019

Competitors are always trying to eat away at your market share - especially when you are really good at what you do. Have we dealt with FALSE IdeaPros complaints? Yes, our competitors have tried but get flagged as illegi...

Top Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make

By shari 2nd Mar, 2019

Deciding to pursue a business idea is a hard choice. It means you’ll need to face unknown challenges, uncertainty, doubt, your own inhibition, failures or fears - and you’ll also face the best parts of yourself too. Tho...

Three Key Steps to Absolute Idea Success

By shari 2nd Mar, 2019

Starting a new venture for a potentially great business idea can be daunting and exciting at the same time. You may be elated by the fact that your concept is unique and fresh. Chances are you're thinking a lot about your ...

Tips to Create an Effective Pitch Deck

By ideapros 26th Feb, 2019

As business investors (similar to the investors you see on Shark Tank and Dragons Den) we review and create a lot of investor presentations and pitch decks. Many of the presentations we see are intended to communicate to i...

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Market Research Tools for Entrepreneurs

By ideapros 25th Feb, 2019

Market Research is the backbone of a successful business. This is regardless of if you are inventing ground-breaking technology or solving an everyday problem. How do you know your idea is what people want and need...

Three Ways to Protect Entrepreneurial Creations

By ideapros 7th Feb, 2019

Inventors create lots of concepts in their heads every day. While refining his or her ideas, a typical inventor will move from idea to idea. They create and don't think about security. It's vital that an inventor protect th...

Three Target Market Strategies

By ideapros 6th Feb, 2019

The United States has million of new businesses sprouting up every year. It’s becoming more and more challenging to capture the attention of potential consumers and investors. The IdeaPros founders saw a need to help people...

Sell Your Product Before You Make It

By ideapros 5th Feb, 2019

Entrepreneurial success often demands that a business person have a standard operating procedure (SOP). This procedure is the step-by-step instruction of how and what needs to be done to push their idea, invention, p...

Dodge These Common Startup Mistakes

By ideapros 3rd Feb, 2019

If you want to find your perfect niche and grow your business from nothing to millions in sales, then you need the right plan. If you make common mistakes, you'll miss out on the right market and lose profits. Avoid failur...

How to Create Investor Presentations

By ideapros 30th Jan, 2019

Are you struggling to raise money for your fantastic idea and want to impress potential investors? You may feel lack confidence in completing a pitch deck on your own. Paying an expert may not be the best option all the...

Easy Tips to Get Your Idea Off The Ground

By ideapros 17th Jan, 2019

Do you have to spend thousands on a long, very detailed business plan in order to get funding for your business, product or app? THE ANSWER IS "NO!" A One Page Business Plan sh...

How to Ask for Money: Strategies to Fund your Business Idea

By ideapros 28th Dec, 2018

You have a fantastic idea... and you want your friends and family to help you fund it. The fact is, many of the world’s largest companies were financed by and started as family businesses, such as Carnival Cruises, Nike, Sa...

How to Raise Money from Friends and Family for Your Entrepreneurial Idea

By ideapros 19th Dec, 2018

The American Dream is founded on the idea that anyone can achieve their goals if they work hard & smart enough. Entrepreneurs embody this principle, going after their dreams in spite of the uphill battles. But personal am...

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How Much Cash Does Your Startup Need? Three Tips for Calculating Costs

By ideapros 19th Dec, 2018

Starting a business is exciting. At times, it can also be downright frightening. Many entrepreneurs are gung-ho about putting their product in the hands of customers. They are less enthusiastic about the financial side of run...

How to Build and Launch the Next Revolutionary App

By ideapros 4th Dec, 2018

The web and smartphone app industry has been growing consistently. More than 200 billion apps were created and downloaded in the last few years. Statista.com projects that number to grow more than 258 billion downloads. ...

Creating & Presenting The Best Pitch Deck

By ideapros 20th Nov, 2018

Creating and presenting the best pitch is essential to grabbing investors’ interest and eventually closing a deal. A "must" for startup entrepreneurs is thorough market research. Market research demonstrates how fit yo...

Apps Ideas: Three Mistakes to Avoid

By ideapros 13th Nov, 2018

Developing and releasing a mobile app can be overwhelming because of the planning, development process, and unexpected roadblocks. For some developers and entrepreneurs, it takes months or years before their vision becomes...

7 Effective Options To Fund Your Start-Up Business

By ideapros 6th Nov, 2018

You want to start a business, so you'll need to get funding. But how do you fund a startup? If you are like most product or app entrepreneurs-to-be, you are passionate about your business idea. You will stop at nothing to ...

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6 Inexpensive Market Research Methods to Use in Product Development

By ideapros 30th Oct, 2018

Every entrepreneur has experienced failure. The crushing disappointment of a much-anticipated launch falling spectacularly flat. After the blood, sweat, and tears of product development, it seems that customers aren't interes...

5 Reasons Why Startups Fail

By ideapros 1st Oct, 2018

Are you thinking about starting a new venture? Just as it is essential to plan for success, you must be aware of the possible pitfalls as well. This will help you make the right decisions before getting started. Below, one of...