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Mitchell Bennett

Mitchell Bennett is the editor-in-chief of InventorSpot.com. Journalist, innovator, writer.
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Why the best inventors fail faster than everyone else

James Dyson built 5,127 prototypes before his vacuum worked. The real lesson isn't persistence —…

How Ada Lovelace Saw Computing 100 Years Before Computers Existed

In 1843, Ada Lovelace published a paper in Taylor's Scientific Memoirs that would not be…

Why most first-time inventors overbuild their prototype

The urge to perfect a prototype before testing it is one of the most expensive…

7 innovation skills that actually matter outside the classroom

Innovation rewards people who can learn fast in messy conditions, align teams around what matters,…

Archimedes: The rise, the siege, and the long afterlife of a mind

A Roman fleet edges toward Syracuse. From the wall, massive beams swing out with a…

Thomas Edison’s rivalry with Nikola Tesla

Nikola Tesla stepped into New York in 1884 with almost nothing in his pocket and…

How first-time inventors accidentally price themselves out

Most first-time inventors do not lose on the product. They fail at math. Pricing that…

New inventors get stuck in these 6 places

If you are a first-time inventor, the hardest part is rarely the spark. It is…

The “Napkin Sketch” stage has rules: Here are 7 of them

A napkin sketch feels like freedom. It is also where teams quietly bake in costs,…

7 steps that turn a “cool idea” into a real invention

A cool idea is a spark. A real invention is a repeatable solution that survives…

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