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PRODUCT COMMERCIALIZATION ADVISORS

Turn Your Idea Into a Product Buyers Can’t Ignore.

InventSmartUSA helps manufacturers, entrepreneurs, and inventors evaluate, develop, position, and prepare products for real market opportunities—backed by more than 30 years of product and retail experience.

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AN EXPANDED RETAIL ECOSYSTEM

More Ways to Bring the Right Product to Market

InventSmartUSA combines more than 30 years of retail experience with expanded manufacturing, investment, and channel access available through Trentco Innovations and our partnership with Kudos.

30+ Years of Established Retail Experience

EXPANDED RETAIL &
E-COMMERCE ACCESS

Through our partnership with

WHO WE HELP

Different Starting Points.
One Goal: A Product the Market Wants

Whether you are developing an original idea, building a product-based business, or looking to expand an existing product line, InventSmartUSA helps you identify what the opportunity requires - and what should happen next.

Inventors

Turn an idea or prototype into a commercially viable, buyer-ready product.

Entrepreneurs & Emerging Brands

Strengthen your positioning, packaging, economics, and go-to-market strategy.

Manufacturers

Evaluate new products, expand into additional channels, and access retail, manufacturing, and investment resources.

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5 Shifts That Make Products Market-Ready

1

Learn From Experience

Avoid expensive, preventable mistakes.

2

Think Like an Investor

Understand what makes you investable.

3

Build for the Buyer

Develop around real buyer and customer expectations.

4

Prepare to Present

Build the story and materials that create credibility.

5

Choose the Right Path

Know what your product needs—and what it does not.

1

Learn from the Greats

Success leaves clues to follow.

2

Think Like an Investor

Know what investors care about.

3

Build Like a Buyer

Understand what buyers care about.

4

Prepare, to Win

Knowledge creates credibility.

5

Find Yourself a Mentor

Shorten Your Path to Success

See the 5 Shifts in Action

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FOR INVENTORS AND EARLY-STAGE PRODUCT ENTREPRENEURS

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InventSmartUSA 8-Week Workshop

Learn the complete product-development and retail-readiness process—from validation and prototyping through packaging, pitching, and licensing. Build your own buyer and investor-ready blueprint.

Investor Mindset

Pitch Prep

Brand + Packaging

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Case Studies

Consumer Tool | Retail-Ready Product

ProHandle

A patented ergonomic tool designed to reduce strain and improve control during use. InventSmartUSA supported product refinement and retail positioning, helping ProHandle transition from development into a retail-ready product with a clear path toward scalable distribution.

Kitchen & Bath | Prototype-Stage

Slice & Save

A collapsible, stackable cutting board system designed to reduce kitchen clutter and streamline meal prep. InventSmartUSA helped validate market potential, protect the concept, and rapidly broker introductions—getting the product in front of As Seen On TV buyers within one week.

Kitchen & Bath | Dual-Function Tool

Rapid Drill & Drive

A two-in-one drilling and driving tool created to eliminate bit and tool changes. InventSmartUSA refined the cost structure, prepared the product for Big Box retail requirements, and supported a retail entry strategy that led to dot-com placement and a clear path toward in-store consideration.

Products We've Helped Move Forward

Different products. Different starting points. A clearer path to market.

Product and brand logos represent products Frank Saladino or the InventSmartUSA team has advised, developed, represented, or helped prepare for market. Services and outcomes vary by engagement.placement history and are used for credibility only. No official endorsement is implied.

The invention world is full of sharks.

Too many inventors lose time and money on services that create activity—not meaningful progress:

Prototypes developed before the opportunity is validated
Overpriced invention-development packages
“Marketing binders” designed to impress inventors, not buyers
Promises that are disconnected from how products actually reach the market

Inventors Protection Act

You Don't Need Luck.

You need a roadmap and guidance.

That’s why we built InventSmartUSA: to give product owners an honest assessment of where they stand, what is missing, and what needs to happen next.

Whether you are starting with an idea, building a product business, or evaluating a new market opportunity, we help you move forward with greater clarity—and fewer expensive mistakes.

→ Start with a Strategy

Led by a Veteran Inventor, Advisor, and Retail Vendor

Frank Saladino, Jr.

InventSmartUSA was founded by Frank Saladino, a veteran inventor and retail vendor with more than 30 years of experience developing products and bringing them to market.

Frank and his team help inventors, entrepreneurs, and manufacturers evaluate opportunities, strengthen products, prepare for buyers, and avoid expensive missteps.

InventSmartUSA provides the strategy, education, and product-development guidance. Through Trentco Innoventions and the Kudos partnership, qualified products can also gain access to expanded retail channels, manufacturing resources, and investment opportunities.

Meet Frank

InventSmartUSA is
NOT an invention company.

We are product commercialization advisors and educators helping inventors, entrepreneurs, and manufacturers make informed decisions and prepare products for real market opportunities.

We operate in full transparency and in compliance with AIPA. View our Transparency Statement

Your Path to Retail

InventSmartUSA helps you prepare your product and determine which path
best fits your business, resources, and long-term goals.

From there, you choose your path.

1

Build Your Own Path

Become a direct supplier and develop your own retail capabilities.

Establish direct buyer relationships
Build the systems required to support retail
Manage fulfillment, compliance, and ongoing vendor requirements
Maintain greater long-term independence

2

Leverage Existing Infrastructure

For qualified products, Trentco Innoventions may provide a more established route to market.

Access existing supplier and retail infrastructure
Pursue qualified retail opportunities more efficiently
Avoid building every system from scratch
Operate within an experienced vendor framework

Both paths begin with the same requirement: a product that is commercially, operationally, and financially ready.
InventSmartUSA helps you prepare; when appropriate, Trentco can help bring the opportunity to market.

Who We Work With

Inventors developing an idea, prototype, or finished product
Entrepreneurs and emerging brands preparing to launch, strengthen, or scale a product
Manufacturers evaluating new products or pursuing additional retail and e-commerce channels
Product owners who need clearer positioning, stronger economics, or a credible path to market

Your Roadmap to Retail Success

Learn the Process→ Watch the Free Masterclass

Build Your Product Roadmap→ Join the 8-Week Workshop

When a qualified product is ready to move forward, our relationships through Trentco Innoventions and Kudos can provide access to additional retail, manufacturing, and investment opportunities.

Our Mission

InventSmartUSA exists to:

Help inventors, entrepreneurs, and manufacturers turn product opportunities into commercially viable, buyer-ready products—with the clarity, preparation, and relationships needed to move forward confidently.

Frank Saladino, Jr.

What Our Clients Say

The volume of information you shared was both invaluable and entertaining to an inventor like me and many others. You are truly an inventor that has walked the entire inventor’s path from invention concept to seeing your product on the shelves.

Tom Robbins

Inventor

I am so grateful for the class and the way that you provided a fantastic plan to evolve the product to completion is priceless. I was at a wall and this has motivated me so much and given me incredible insight and direction.

Barbara

Workshop Attendee

Having Frank essentially as an inside man at Home Depot, Menards, and Lowe's was extremely beneficial [...] We recently had all our submitted brands go live online and have been happy with the traction we've seen, and we are excited to use that velocity to move in-store.