Commercialisation of Innovation
Expression of Interest in Commercialisation
Acacia is seeking expressions of interest from Australian inventors with ideas that they believe
could achieve reasonable returns provided they can be assisted in the commercialisation
and sale of the item through legitimate sales channels.
How many great ideas never make any money for their inventor because it all gets too hard?
Acacia realises that the process of turning a great idea into Dollars is not
as simple as you would hope, and we believe that we can help you in this regard.
We would like to help you in your endevours.
Click on each of the following headings for more information about the ways in which Acacia can assist
or click + here to open all topics.
+ Completing the Design.
If you are having problems working through detailed aspects of the design
we can assist in finalising your high level and detailed design documents
and providing a review process which includes validation against original requirements.
If you need more technical assistance, we have contacts with Universities
and their research departments are always looking for new projects.
+ Intellectual Property Protection.
The first thing to realise is that you must keep your invention secret
until you have IP protection. Don't disclose it to anyone without getting
them to sign non-disclosure agreements otherwise you may not be able to
register a patent.
We can help you assess the relative costs and benefits in relation to
patents, trademarks and registered designs. Some inventions are well suited
to IP protection whilst others are not.
Acacia is able to put you in touch with Patent Attorneys at the appropriate time.
+ Business Plans.
A business plan ensures that you have thought through all of the issues and
likely expenses related to your invention. It allows you to balance risk
against likely income and is mandatory in order to gain funding.
+ Funding.
In Australia there are a number of avenues by which both Government and private
sector funding can be gained to
assist you with the development of your idea. Acacia can assist in the process
of raising capital if required.
+ Professional Documentation and Training.
If your invention requires the development and/or delivery of computer
based or face to face training, Acacia is associated with professional
training organisations that can meet your needs.
Acacia can also arrange for your documentation to be either developed from scratch
or given that professional finish by one of our Professional Documentation associates.
+ Marketing Strategies.
We have associates that are highly skilled in the marketing and sale of
a range of products. Let us help you put together a marketing strategy
that is designed to hit all of your target markets.
Contact Acacia Lateral Technologies
for more details.
Once your invention is being sold, we can also assist with on-line and
mail-out surveys to help determine how your marketing strategy is performing
and allow fine tuning.
+ Sales Channels.
Let us help you find the optimal sales channel for your new product.
Depending on the nature of the product, we may already have contacts
that could start selling for you.
+ Web Sites.
Acacia is able to either directly build and to host static or dynamic database
driven web sites at minimal cost, or to assist you with the implementation of a web site
through other companies as your needs dictate.
We can obtain registered domain names and host them on our servers as required.
If you need email, this can also be hosted for your official domain name on our servers.
We can help you through the intricacies
of the technology to arrive at the most cost effective solution.
+ Support Facilities.
In order to support your product, it is common to provide web based support
facilites and to provide further assurance to the quality of your product.
Acacia can provide problem registration and forwarding of support requests
via Fax or email to your premises.
We can provide automated responses to ensure your customers gain a high
level of confidence in your ability to support them.
+ Secure On-Line Sales.
The most important aspect of your invention is likely to be the financial return
for all that hard work in turning your idea into a marketable product.
Acacia can arrange secure on-line sales to ensure that your customers
can purchase with confidence.
What's in it for Acacia?
Acacia has been through this process and knows how frustrating it can be.
We really want to see you succeed.
In order to meet our costs, we will negotiate either a fee
for service, percentage of profits, or may even invest in your
idea ourselves.
There are no up front charges and everything is open for negotiation.
Take the first step by emailing Acacia Lateral Technologies
to
discuss options. We are happy to sign non-disclosure agreements in order to protect your
intellectual property.
