Your idea has potential. What happens next?
Tonight at 7 PM ET, join Brian Fried, The Inventor Coach™, and Joan Lefkowitz, founder of Accessory Brainstorms, for a candid conversation about what it really takes to license an invention and bring a product to market.
From Idea to Retail Shelf
A Conversation on What It Really Takes to License an Invention
Tuesday, September 29, 2026
7 PM ET · 6 PM CT · 5 PM MT · 4 PM PT
Free livestream • Open to everyone
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Two perspectives. Decades of experience.
Joan has helped bring products including Topsy Tail, which generated more than $100 million in retail sales, and Hollywood Fashion Tape to consumers. Her work spans licensing, product launches, and getting inventions in front of buyers.
Brian holds 15 issued patents and has spent more than 20 years licensing and manufacturing his own inventions, representing inventors as a licensing agent, and helping people navigate the path from idea to market.
Tonight, they’re coming together to share what they’ve learned along the way.
What we’ll talk about
How licensing works from both the inventor’s and the agent’s perspective.
What helps an invention get picked up by retailers, and what can hold it back.
Where catalogs, TV shopping, and traditional retail fit into a product launch.
Lessons from products that achieved lasting sales.
What to know before approaching a licensing agent.
Whether you’re exploring your first idea, developing a prototype, or deciding how to move an existing product forward, you’re welcome to join.
Bring your questions. We’d love to have you in the conversation.
Join us tonight at 7 PM ET
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The Inventor Smart Community Team
Presented by the National Inventor Club
Meet Brian Fried, “The Inventor Coach”
Brian Fried is The Inventor Coach™, a serial inventor holding 15 patents who has successfully licensed and manufactured his own products sold through major retailers, QVC, and As Seen On TV. In 2026, he was named Coach of the Year at Alibaba.com's Ambassador Awards.
For over 20 years, he has guided thousands of inventors from idea through commercialization. He founded the National Inventor Club (15,000 members), created the Inventor Smart Community app, authored three books on invention commercialization, and built an AI powered ecosystem that takes inventors from validation (HelpMeInvent.com) through visual concept generation and market evaluation (UINVENT.ai) and into patent strategy, licensing representation, and turnkey commercialization. He holds an MBA from the State University of New York at Oswego, where he also serves as an adjunct professor of entrepreneurship and innovation.
Learn more at InventorCoach.com.