Your Patent Means Nothing If You Can’t Manufacture It

Your Patent Means Nothing If You Can’t Manufacture It
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You have an idea. You have a patent. You have plans.

You don’t have anyone who will make it for you.

I Know That Feeling

I had a case with a team of innovators. Patented product. Big vision. Investors waiting.

What happened?

The prototype was made wrong. Wrong materials. Tests on wrong materials. Wrong preparations.

Result? Machine breakdowns during production. The product was so technologically demanding that Slovenian companies couldn’t manufacture it. Delays. Investors left.

If they had used the knowledge that companies have - specialized in their field - the product would have been made in a week.

Instead? Failure.

This Happens Every Day

Startups have ideas. Companies have machines.

But they don’t find each other.

Startups don’t know where to go. Don’t know who does what. Don’t know how much it costs.

And companies? Companies don’t have time to explain. Don’t have time for projects that “maybe will happen.”

And so the startup calls 50 companies. Writes emails. And gets a response from maybe 5. Who say “we can’t” or give a price that’s 10x too high.

What Most People Do (Wrong)

They try on their own.

18 Buy equipment. Hire someone. Improvise.

Result? Wrong prototypes. Wrong materials. Wasted months.

When they finally realize they need professionals, it’s too late. Money is spent. Investors have lost patience.

And the patent? The patent means nothing if you haven’t manufactured anything.

There’s A Better Way

What if you could:

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