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"""Edith G. Tolchin has spent her entire career working with inventors. In Secrets of Successful Women Inventors, Edith highlights some of the greatest top-notch successful women inventors and reputable service providers, all eager to share their stories and advice. In her easy-going, personable style, Edith has gleaned the 'cream of the crop' from each of these impressive women. It's a gift to anyone who's ever had a winning idea but nowhere to go and no roadmap to birth their vision."" --Barbara Corcoran, ""Shark"" on ABC's hit TV show Shark Tank and founder of the Corcoran Group ""Secrets of Successful Women Inventors How They Swam with the 'Sharks' and Hundreds of Other Ways to Commercialize Your Own Inventions by Edith G. Tolchin, a chatty, practical, user-friendly guidebook, amply delivers on the promise of its title."" --Letty Cottin Pogrebin, founder of Ms. magazine Until recently, history has tended to highlight male inventors--but why not women inventors as well? And where are the women inventors of color? Why have so many of these women not found their rightful places in history? Thankfully, over the last few decades--with increasing opportunities to shatter the ""glass ceiling""--women have begun to achieve equal footing with men in careers and in salaries. Women worldwide have also made great gains with their inventions! While in the past, many of their inventions have been largely related to the improvement of household and child care items, things have changed. With women achieving influential positions in business, scientific research, and government--women's creative innovations are limitless. In her new book, Secrets of Successful Women Inventors, Edith G. Tolchin reveals the real-life stories of over twenty successful modern-day women inventors--stories that describe their hard work, frequent struggles, and relentless dedication to their ideas. Ms. Tolchin presents a look behind the scenes at their respective journeys--from their inventions first being sketched on napkins to the creation of multimillion-dollar companies--and offers sound advice to future inventors from several accomplished invention service providers. She also includes brief snippets of information on women inventors throughout history. While this book is about women who had dreams and made them come true, it can also serve as a blueprint for any woman looking to turn her own ideas into reality."

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"""[P]roves that America can indeed be the land of invention opportunities for women . . . includes inventing how-tos and remarks from experts on intellectual property, public relations, social media, funding resources, and the like. This inspirational tome on do-it-yourself inventing would make a great pairing with other related practicums."" --Barbara Jacobs, BOOKLIST (9/14/2023 12:00:00 AM)"

"""This is an inspiring guidebook for women inventors--and, indeed, anyone interested in the spirit and sometimes slog of innovation. While there are lookbacks at the women throughout history who paved the way, the book focuses on women now--and that's part of its appeal. This is a savvy book by an insider about savvy women who made it, despite plenty of obstacles . . . [features] a parade of success stories--all women inventors--told in first-person narrative . . . [Tolchin] has also gathered a set of secrets and strategies from women inventors that almost seems like a superheroine's toolkit. There's a wellspring of tips, from PR to funding to packaging, and accounts of how particular inventions made it all the way through the long journey from concept to revenue. Nothing is ignored here, and nor is the underlying message. Women deserve to be at the forefront of innovation. Armed with the knowledge presented in this book, and standing on the shoulders of the many women inventors who have paved the way, they will."" --Jana Martin ""Medium.com"" (10/16/2023 12:00:00 AM) ""[P]roves that America can indeed be the land of invention opportunities for women . . . includes inventing how-tos and remarks from experts on intellectual property, public relations, social media, funding resources, and the like. This inspirational tome on do-it-yourself inventing would make a great pairing with other related practicums."" --BOOKLIST Magazine (ALA) ""Barbara Jacobs"" (9/14/2023 12:00:00 AM)"

"""[P]roves that America can indeed be the land of invention opportunities for women . . . includes inventing how-tos and remarks from experts on intellectual property, public relations, social media, funding resources, and the like. This inspirational tome on do-it-yourself inventing would make a great pairing with other related practicums."" --BOOKLIST Magazine (ALA) ""Barbara Jacobs"" (9/14/2023 12:00:00 AM)"

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Edith G. Tolchin has worked with inventors for the past thirty years. She has held a prestigious U.S. customs broker license since 2002 and has interviewed over 100 inventors for her column in Inventors Digest. Edith is also the author of several books including Secrets of Successful Inventing From Concept to Commerce and a comedic fictionalized memoir in 2017, Fanny on Fire (www.fannyonfire.com). Her writing has appeared in the Kelsey Review.

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