Tamara Monosoff - The Mom Inventors Handbook, How to Turn Your Great Idea into the Next Big Thing, Revised and Expanded 2nd Ed

The Mom Inventors Handbook helped me to realize that dreams can come true! The information in this book and Your Million Dollar Dream has provided the information and guidance I needed to launch the BraTree. I have sold over 10,000 units so far and it is selling now on QVC.com!

Angel Ruelas, creator of BraTree

I am a grandmother and the The Mom Inventors Handbook is the first book that I purchased when I thought about taking my product Zatswho a family-centered Photo Learning Game for children to market. The steps in the book helped to provide the road map I needed, but most importantly, it helped me get past my fear and step out of my comfort zone. I never imagined that my daughter and I would appear live on Fox and Friends to share our product with America!

Trish Cooper, creator of Zatswho

I had no background in developing a product, so I didnt know where to start. I had read a few business books, but didnt find them very helpful. My sister-in-law gifted me The Mom Inventors Handbook and I didnt start reading it right away because I thought it was just another ra-ra inspirational book for women with not much useable information. When I did pick it up in earnest, I quickly realized how wrong I was. It was just what I needed: no fluff, just chapter after chapter of great, relevant and inspirational information. I went from having no clue where to start, to putting together an action plan for my product Swagger Tags.

Karen Walker, creator of Swagger Tags

Buy The Mom Inventors Handbook! I recommend this book to EVERYONE who asks me about my journey creating the Dropper Stopper. Your book is a roadmap on a scary and unknown journey! My copy of the book is hardly recognizable with all the highlights, dog-eared pages and Post-it Notes. I reference your book constantly. I think what I love the most is that it is very honest about the ups and downs and hardships that can come with this industry. I am incredibly grateful for your help and resources along the way. I can honestly say I dont know that I would have taken the first step without you.

Meredith LaMirande, creator of the Dropper Stopper

I started LulyBoo Baby Lounge after purchasing The Mom Inventors Handbook. It taught me everything involved with the business from design, sampling, testing, production, sales, marketing and social media . Now the LulyBoo is sold at all Babies R Us stores, all BuyBuyBaby stores, Target, Amazon, and many other retailers nationwide. I am grateful for your guidance.

Pazit Ben-Ezri, creator of LulyBoo Baby Lounge

The Mom Inventors Handbook became my confidant, mentor, cheerleader, and my go-to source to stay on-task, on-message, and on-budget. I crunched numbers, crafted a marketing message and confidently negotiated with suppliers. CastCoverZ! is now a million dollar brand and the global leader in orthopedic soft goods with 18 lines. Now, its your turn! Buy this book, execute, and you, too, could be featured in Tamaras next book!

Annette Giacomazzi, creator of CastCoverZ!

Completely honest answer here: we could NOT have done this without Tamara Monosoffs book The Mom Inventors Handbook. Between Karen and me we probably own 50 books on creating a product, running a business, and entrepreneurship yet we ALWAYS ended up going back to Tamaras bookwe call it our business bible. Its really the only book we needed all along.

Sisters Lisa Hoskins-Holmes and Karen Wildman, creators of The Bheestie Bag

Im not a mom [or a woman] but I used The Mom Inventors Handbook to bring my Sasquatch! Pet Beds to market and it won Best New Product Awards at our first two national tradeshows by retailers and consumers alike! The media loves it too; I was just featured on CBS Early Show and Anderson Cooper!

Tony Deitch, creator of Sasquatch! Pet Beds

I used The Mom Inventors Handbook at the beginning of my journey. I still have the pages tabbed and have saved it for memories! My product, Ava the Elephant, was selected as one of the winning products on the popular TV Show Shark Tank and is now distributed internationally.

Tiffany Krumins, creator of Ava the Elephant

Almost every page of my copy of The Mom Inventors Handbook is dog-eared and the pages are filled with notes. Not only did I feel armed with useful step-by-step information to enter the world of entrepreneurship but I could hear your voice saying, You can do it (just be smart)! My product the Doodie Pack is now being worn by thousands of dogs across the country! Through this process, I have discovered my passion and lifes work.

Kristin Elliott, creator of the Doodie Pack

When I had the idea for Carry-Her Doll Carriers and found The Mom Inventors Handbook, I couldnt put it down! The stories in the book about other mom inventors inspired me and I realized that I can do this too! Im on track to sell 85,000 units this year with my new placements in Toys R Us, FAO Schwartz and Walmart for the holiday season! P.S. I was just reminding my husband of the day I read your handbook and told him that night that Id be in your next edition.

Roberta Wagner, creator of Carry-Her Doll Carriers

I have read your book The Mom Inventors Handbook cover to cover many times, and it is the basis for which I began my journey to becoming a mommy entrepreneur, following a tragic incident that inspired me to create this product. I just wanted to say thank-you! I feel like youve been a personal mentor to me. Its the way you wrote your book like you were right there guiding me through the process. I checked out a lot of entrepreneur and inventor books from the local library, and I even ordered a few others online, but I can honestly say that your book was THE BEST. I have scribbled drawings, highlights, and notations all throughout it. I know your new book will help inspire more inventors to follow their dreams of launching or licensing a product. Its the book I refer my friends and family to when they ask how I did it!

Molly Lofthouse, creator of Lenz Frenz

The Mom Inventors Handbook: How to Turn Your Great Idea into the Next Big Thing, (1st edition)

Secrets of Millionaire Moms: Learn How They Turned Great Ideas into Booming Businesses

Your Million Dollar Dream: Regain Control and Be Your Own Boss

The One Page Business Plan for Women in Business (with Jim Horan)

How Hot Is Your Product? Find Out if Your Product Idea will Make or Cost You Money (with Brad Kofoed)

Copyright 2014 by Tamara Monosoff. All rights reserved. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

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