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When "No" Is Still a Win: A Brutally Honest Review That Made an Impact

Posted on March 06, 2026

At Invention City, we often say that one of the most valuable things we can give inventors is clarity. Not every invention is a fit for investment. But we believe that the process of evaluation has value. In An honest, objective assessment helps an inventor understand exactly where they stand. Recently, we received a note from inventor P. Anich, who submitted an innovative cooking device for one of our Brutally Honest Reviews. After carefully evaluating the product, its market potential, and its investment considerations, we explained why the invention was not a fit for investment by us at this time ...

Find the Right Help for Your Invention and You

Posted on June 03, 2024

"To a hammer everything looks like a nail." Successful inventors do not work alone, they get help from professionals along the way. Finding someone good and trustworthy is obviously important. Equally important is finding the right help at the right time. At the beginning stages, good advice from a specialist might steer you in the wrong direction - be careful about engaging a company or adviser who specializes primarily in one aspect. For example, if your first adviser is a patent attorney, they will give you advice centered around patent protection. That’s how they see the world and that’s exactly ...

Provisional Patent Outline

Posted on June 20, 2017

A provisional patent application (PPA) offers a low cost way to reserve protection of an invention idea for one year. With a provisional patent application in place you can say "patent pending" and maintain your claim of patent priority when presenting your invention idea to investors, designers, manufacturers and possible licensees. With respect to United States law, a provisional patent application can be filed by a citizen of any country. However, some countries, like China, require inventors to obtain a foreign filing license for all inventions completed in their country before seeking patent protection elsewhere.KEY POINTS:A PPA is not reviewed ...

FREE Invention Submission

Posted on April 04, 2017

Invention City is looking for great invention ideas to license and will consider your invention for FREE. If we say "yes" we'll offer you a deal that costs you $0 out of pocket (you are not obligated to accept our offer). Really. What's the Catch? There are four:1. We offer deals to only about 1% of the submissions we receive.2. You have to do homework (see below).3. In a free submission we do not explain our decision or give advice. If you want advice and a consultation with Dan or Mike, please sign up for our Brutally Honest Review.4 ...

Find an Honest Invention Company With a Track Record of Success

Posted on February 08, 2017

What makes Invention City different? Rated A+ by BBB with great reviews from real people.Decades of real inventing experience.Revenue sharing.Brutally Honest Review starting at $185 and no other fees if we license your invention. Free submission option. Some companies reel inventors into expensive development programs with the bait of a free invention evaluation or "inventor kit". Because those companies make money from service fees that can range to $10,000 and more, they have no incentive to tell inventors hard truths. Invention City does things differently. We offer a Brutally Honest Invention Review for a one time fee starting at ...

Selling Invention Ideas on Kickstarter

Posted on January 16, 2017

Kickstarter is a great way to launch a new product idea, but it's not the best way to raise money.Kickstarter Basics:You have a great new product idea and have heard that crowdfunding on a platform like Kickstarter is the way to go. In our experience it can be fantastic. But most of the time it fails to meet expectations. The reason is that launching on Kickstarter is pretty much the same as starting a new business and needs to be approached in the same manner. There is no shortcut to success. And to have a big success on Kickstarter you ...

I-City Deals in Progress

Posted on January 24, 2015

We make most of our profits by accepting inventions and then successfully commercializing some of them. Below are some examples of submissions Invention City has accepted over the past few years. Submit your invention for a Brutally Honest Review Like other risky investments, inventing is a form of gambling. Even the most amazing inventions are more likely to fail than succeed. The hard fact is that when we offer a licensing deal, the odds are around 90% that the invention will NOT make us any money (that is why we are picky). The good news for inventors is that once ...

George Foreman Inventor Ad

Posted on August 06, 2014

Professionals who want to make money with you, not from you.After a successful career as a boxer, George Foreman put down his boxing gloves, marketed the grill that bears his name, made oodles of money and became a loveable, trustworthy, grandfather figure. In recent years he's been appearing in ads for "his friends" at Invent Help, an invention services company (not related to Invention City). You can see the ad here. George Foreman didn't make his money by using Invent Help's services. He made his money by marketing a grill developed by others. There's nothing wrong with that and ...

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