Wenowcometooneofmyfavoritepartsoftheinventionprocess,thiswerewebegintoexplorewhat
othersmightthinkaboutyourideaorinvention.Thisisnotonlyabigstepbutcanbeoneofthemost
stressfullegsofyourjourney,thisiswhere youwillfindoutanswerstoyourquestionsthatyoumaynot
wanttohear, somegood, somebadandsomethatjustdonothelpatall,butit’s allforthebettergood.
Soyouhavebeensecretlyworkingonthisnewinventionideaforawhilenow,youhaveprobablytold
somepeopleaboutitandmaybeyouhavebeenworkingon thisideaforseveralyearsandhave
discussedwithmanypeopleeitherwayitistimetoreallynaildownsome informationandthoughts
fromatrustedsourceofpeoplewhetheryouhavejuststartedthisidea,haditforyears,toldnooneor
hundredswejustneedtogetclarityandmovethroughthissteptoitscompletion.
Nowwegettothepointwhereyoustartthinkingaboutwhatthefirstversionof yourproductmaylook
like,Iamsureyouhavealreadycreatedafewsketchesordrawingsforyourproducttoshowpeople
whatyouweretalkingabout,butnowwearegoingtocreateaversion1.0sketchofyourproduct.You
can usepaperandpencil,acomputer,crayons,whateveryouliketogetsomethingdone.Ihavehad
clientscomeintoourofficeswithideasanddrawingsonthestrangestthings,fromactualnapkinsand
burgerwrapperstopictures ofproductsketchedinthesand.Eitherwayaslongasyoucangetthisdown
andonpaperisallthatmatters.Makecertain tojotyournamedownonthecornerofanysheetsof
paperthatwillnotbeinyournotebook,youneedtorecordeverystepofyourjourneyandgetting
accustomedtosigning,initialinganddatingeverythingyouworkonwillbecomesecondnatureasyou
workthroughthisprocess.
