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Inventions Cluster · Hub 01

Independent Inventor Practice. Run the inventor's life as a business — sustainably, profitably, on your terms.

Solo inventor as a business, the IP-and-lifestyle economy, and the operational realities of making a living from a steady stream of ideas. Most independent inventors never crack the business side. This Hub is for Members who invent for a living and want the practice to support the life rather than the other way round.

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Run the inventor's life as a business — sustainably, profitably, on your terms.

Solo inventor as a business, the IP-and-lifestyle economy, and the operational realities of making a living from a steady stream of ideas. Most independent inventors never crack the business side. This Hub is for Members who invent for a living and want the practice to support the life rather than the other way round.

Start with a Pillar

Three starting Pillars. Pick the one closest to your situation.

Each Pillar is a structured pass through one part of running this kind of practice. Five questions, five dimensions, a clear read on where you stand. Take the Pillar; your Facilitator routes the result to the right specialist.

Pillar 01 · Free · 5 minutes

Inventor Practice Health

Five questions across five dimensions. A read on whether your inventing practice is sustainable as it stands — or quietly costing you more than it earns.

Income reality
How much of your income comes from your inventing practice versus other sources, and is the mix sustainable?
Time allocation
What proportion of your week goes to inventing, commercial work, and administration — and is the split right?
IP portfolio state
How many of your patents, designs, or trademarks are actively earning, and how many are sitting?
Workshop and tooling
Is your physical and digital setup helping or limiting what you can invent?
Career and life sustainability
If your current pace continues for the next five years, are you building wealth or burning out?
Pillar 02 · Free · 5 minutes

IP Portfolio

Five questions across five dimensions. The honest read on what your IP portfolio actually is — what earns, what costs, and what should go.

Portfolio inventory
When did you last list every IP asset you hold — patents, designs, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets — and confirm their status?
Earning vs costing
Which IP assets earn money and which cost money to maintain — and is the balance defensible?
Strategic coverage
Does your IP coverage match the products and markets you actually care about, or has it drifted?
Renewal and maintenance
Are you confident no critical IP is about to lapse through neglect?
Exit and value
If you needed to sell or license your IP portfolio tomorrow, would you know its value and find a buyer?
Pillar 03 · Free · 5 minutes

Income Sustainability Strategy

Five questions across five dimensions. The math under your inventor income — where it comes from, how stable it is, and where it should be heading.

Income mix
How diversified is your inventor income across royalties, licence fees, product sales, consulting, and grants?
Pipeline
What does your invention pipeline look like — how many ideas are in early development, prototype, and commercialisation right now?
Concentration risk
What proportion of your income depends on a single licence, product, or relationship?
Capital cushion
How many months can you fund your inventing practice from reserves if income paused?
Growth direction
Are you building toward more income, more impact, more freedom, or some combination — and is your work pointed at the right outcome?
The Twelve Spokes

Twelve specialty zones inside this Hub.

Each Spoke routes Members to a specialist Service Provider once a Pillar surfaces what they need. Spokes are the destinations the Pillars route into — full Spoke pages come online once Pillars are operating at the full standard.

Solo Inventor Operations Coming soon
Inventor Income Models Coming soon
Multiple-Invention Portfolio Management Coming soon
Workshop & Studio Setup Coming soon
Time, Attention & Idea Pipeline Coming soon
Inventor Tax & Structuring Coming soon
Inventor Insurance & Liability Coming soon
Self-Funding Strategy Coming soon
Inventor Family & Estate Planning Coming soon
Inventor Burnout & Sustainability Coming soon
Networks, Communities & Co-Working Coming soon
Inventor Career Transition Coming soon

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Twenty minutes. Tell us what you're working on inside this part of the inventor's path, and we will route you to the right Pillar, the right Spoke, and the right specialist inside the Inventions Cluster.

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