r/inventors

Hi everyone, i am new on reddit and new here. Someone had recommended i scour reddit for leads on how to introduce ourselves to toy inventors with whom we could possibly do business...

Does anyone have any type of leads on where to start?

I’ve started a free website called Forward Together.
The idea is simple. We take two important questions facing humanity and invite anyone, regardless of qualifications or background, to help solve them.
Our first question is about finding new forms of renewable energy.
Ideas can be challenged, developed and branched into new discussions.
I’m not selling anything. I just believe that good ideas can come from absolutely anywhere.
I’d love some thoughtful people to help get this started.

https://forward-together.org.uk

I'm researching a real problem a lot of inventors seem to face: documenting and protecting an idea in the early stage, before a patent is filed — especially now that AI tools are part of the workflow

A few things I'd love to hear about:

• How do you currently document a new idea (notebook, email to self, notes app)?
• Have you ever hesitated to use ChatGPT/Claude to help organize or think through an invention, because of privacy concerns?
• Has proving "when" you had an idea ever actually mattered for you (dispute, licensing, etc.)?

This is pure research — not selling anything, just trying to understand the real pain points. Happy to chat more in comments or DMs if you've dealt with this.

Hi everyone! I need a little help with my assignment. Is there anything you’ve ever wished someone would invent, build, or launch—something you’ve never really seen before, but if it existed, you would genuinely be grateful for it?

It can be a product that would solve a real-life problem.

Share any ideas that come to your mind, even if they sound unusual! I’m looking for an idea that I can turn into a prototype for my presentation. Thank you!

I’ve spent the last several months developing a simple physical product that solves a frustrating household problem.

I’m a Canadian inventor working on a patent-pending consumer plumbing product called PlungeAide.

I’m currently at the point of moving from a handmade working prototype into professional engineering and manufacturing development.

It has been a much bigger journey than I expected — product testing, patent filing, engineering quotes, figuring out manufacturing, and now trying to raise the capital needed for the next stage.

I’m curious to hear from other people who have taken a physical product from a homemade prototype toward manufacturing. What ended up being the hardest part for you?