239: How to Cultivate Creativity Like an Inventor

<p>You can be a creator or a consumer, but it’s the creators that get paid.</p> <p>I’ve argued before that creativity is <a href= "http://www.sidehustlenation.com/creativity/">the most important skill for entrepreneurs</a> because before you can sell anything, you have to create that value proposition.</p> <p>But what if you’re not creative?</p> <p>I believe we all have that innate creative spirit in us somewhere, it’s just a matter of <a href= "http://www.sidehustlenation.com/tedx-presentation-entrepreneurial-generation/"> flexing that creative muscle</a>.</p> <p>In this episode, I talk with Carol "Stash" Stanley of <a href= "http://stashsports.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">StashSports.com</a>, and David Fedewa who is an inventor mentor at <a href="http://www.inventright.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">InventRight.com</a>.</p> <p><em>Note: <a href= "https://nickloper.lpages.co/leadbox/141f3e3f3f72a2%3A12b7a20bab46dc/5640798049665024/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click here to download David and Stash’s top tips to help you unleash your creativity and what to do with your ideas from this episode</a>.</em></p> <p>Stash <strong>holds six patents</strong> related to products in the baseball and softball world, as well as footwear safety. She’s worked on these products as a side hustle while working full-time at the University of Virginia.</p> <p>David Fedewa is <strong>a serial inventor</strong> who has taken <a href= "http://www.sidehustlenation.com/turn-ideas-recurring-revenue/">the product licensing route</a> as described by Stephen Key in episode 173 to earn passive income from his product ideas.</p> <p>Tune in to hear how they come with ideas, how to unleash the creativity in your own head, and what to do with those ideas once you have them.</p>