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I’ve worked with inventors for over 20 years, and most of the successful ones have created and developed their products on their own and love being independent. “Being my own boss” is the answer I usually get when I ask them what they like best about being an inventor. Indeed, the independent “eccentric” inventor—embodied by everyone from Thomas Edison to Doc Brown in the “Back to the Future” movies—has been lionized in American culture, and it’s an image that has strong attraction today for most inventors. But in fact, successful inventors are not Lone Rangers—which, for inexperienced inventors, should be regarded as a good thing. I’ve talked to interviewing more than a hundred successful inventors over the last five years, and we found that they frequently don’t have a lot of business management experience, don’t have any more money than the average person, and typically have never tried to introduce a product before. The key moment in their invention process has been when they recognized their shortcomings and sought help from other people. That help is exactly what they need to succeed, and it can come in hundreds of forms, such as these: