The Real Deal
April Mitchell describes herself as, “… a professional problem solver, creative thinker, idea machine, magic maker, dreamer, and What If-er, also known as an inventor and designer specializing in the toys, games, party, and housewares industries.” She is also an InventRight licensing& product coach, holder of 2 patents, self-made product licensor, author, mother of 4, and military spouse. I would describe her as Amazing.
She has been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur, Military Entrepreneur, Military Spouse Magazine as well as contributing to 4 books and has a monthly column in Inventors Digest, which is where I found her. Her articles are packed with information, yet, succinct. One article stood out for me, where she shares her experiences, good and bad, in acquiring a licensing deal for her product. I said to myself, “My People Need To Hear This”.
Licensing is the dream of just about every inventor I know. Here is a woman who’s been to the front line and returned to tell the tail. Not only that, I am sure she will go into how to develop the idea into a commercially viable product. She often gives credit to her Team (family of 6) who help her develop her products.
As a self proclaimed, “Teacher at Heart”, she is driven to share her real world expertise with her fellow inventors. As Mr. T from the A Team would say, I pity the fool, I Pity The Fool who would let this opportunity slip through their fingers!
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