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Saturday, September 10th!
Inventors Alliance Full Day Main Event
Three dynamic speakers you won’t want to miss!!
Speaker: Todd Basche
Days Agenda
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Todd will answer all the questions below and more at the next Inventors Alliance Main Event on Saturday, September 10th!
Question:
How did Inventors Alliance member and inventRight graduate Todd Basche
close a lucrative licensing deal with the nationwide retailer
Staples and get his product WORDLOCK into Staples Stores Nationwide?
Question:
How do you come up with the best invention for the Staples Invention
Quest Contest and beat out 8,500 other inventors to win a $25,000
prize?
STAPLES CEO Tom Stemberg and Todd Basche
Question: What kind of prototype do you need when presenting your idea to a major manufacturer / retailer like Staples?
Question: What kind of protection should you have when presenting your idea to a company like Staples?
Question:
How do you get HUGE publicity for your idea, get coverage in magazines
such as Fortune, Entrepreneur, The Economist & get on big time TV
shows such as Neil Cavuto & Regis?
Inventors Alliance member and inventRight graduate Todd Basche win's $25,000 in Staples Invention Quest contest
and then on top of that he closes a licensing deal with Staples to sell his lock in Staples stores nationwide!
Last October,
Basche entered his lock in the Staples contest, competing against 8,500
other people with 10,000 inventions. and came out the winner.
Basche
was called to Los Angeles to make a presentation to Staples Invention
quest contest judges. Six weeks later, he was called again, this time
to the Big Apple as one of a dozen finalists. The panel narrowed the
finalists down to three. And then there was one. "I was just
flabbergasted," Basche said the moment he understood he won.
Fortunately, he has a way with words. Surrounded by microphones, video
cams, and flashing bulbs, the winner held a three-hour press conference
with major media outlets. "It was just like in the movies," Basche
says. "Since it went via satellite and syndication, people called from
all over the world. It was an amazing experience. Who’d-a thunk?"
Todd then went on to close a licensing deal with Staples and it wasn't easy. He'll share how he did it and what you need to know in order to close a deal with a major manufacturer.
The
idea for WordLock was born in 1998. "I had three gates around the pool
to keep my young son out," Basche says. Thinking he and his wife might
have a hard time remembering three different combinations, the Los
Altos, California, engineer came up with a key concept: Use letters
instead of numbers!
NASDAQ Video: http://wordlock.com/video.html
Last
time Todd spoke to Inventors Alliance he had not yet licensed his
WordLock product to Staples. If you've heard Todd speak before at the
Inventors Alliance, come back and get new and updated information on
how he closed the deal!
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Speaker: Steven Colby (Patent Attorney)
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Just this lecture alone is worth easily 10 times the admission price of $15!
Steven Colby is an inventor and a patent attorney with Carr & Ferrell LLP in Palo Alto.
Steve will talk about:
(A) The use of provisional patent applications.
(B) Building a provisional patent application step-by-step.
(C) The pitfalls of provisional patent applications, common mistakes and mis perceptions (and how to avoid some of them).
And
(D) conversion to a non-provisional.
Do You Really Know How To Write A Provisional Patent?
Provisional patent applications
are the most important tool to come along in recent years for
Independent Inventors. The filling fee is only $100 and an inventor can
write one themselves providing they pay attention to certain rules.
Patents are
written in a language that patent attorneys speak. You have to study
and be able to write in that language if you want to write your own
patent. Fortunately, a
PPA (Provisional Patent Application) can be written in regular English.
This makes it possible for inventors to write their own PPA.
Many
inventors think they know how to write their own PPA , but the
PPA's they write are actually useless since they are not properly
following the requirements to gain protection.
No worries though, with a few simple guidelines you will be much more
likely to do a good job of it. Steven will provide you with the most
important rules you need to know when composing your own PPA
(provisional patent application).
Don't risk writing a BAD PPA. Come learn how to write a GOOD PPA and protect your idea!
Steve will talk about:
(A) The use of provisional patent applications.
(B) Building a provisional patent application step-by-step.
(C) The pitfalls of provisional patent applications, common mistakes and misperceptions (and how to avoid some of them).
And
(D) conversion to a non-provisional.
Just this lecture alone is worth easily 10 times the admission price of $15!
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Speaker: Stephen Key
Days Agenda
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~How do you test your idea out before you have even made a single unit?
~How much money do you really need to manufacture your own product?
~How to get distributors to carryow do you test your idea out before you have even made a single unit?
~What is the most important thing I've learned that applies to both your product.
~All this and much more will be covered in Stephens lecture.
Successful inventor Stephen Key has an all new experience he'd like to share with you this month.
He tried something new for him (manufacturing instead of licensing) and it has been a great success.
Learn how to get your product into 4,000 stores in less than a years time when manufacturing and selling your idea yourself!
This Months "How To" Class By Stephen Key Will Cover: How can you get a product into 4,000 stores and obtain worldwide distribution in under a year’s time?
How much capital will it require? When
do you choose to manufacture and distribute your own product versus
seeking the assistance of a licensor who does all the work for you? How do you even go about setting up a company and getting distribution? How can you be successful at both licensing and manufacturing? If
you have wrestled with these questions, then you won’t want to
miss this free lecture by Stephen Key………
BIO:
Stephen Key is an entrepreneur and inventor who
successfully licenses his own ideas while also running BIG Idea Guys,
LLC, a partnership which sells and distributes musical accessory
products worldwide. As an inventor and licensor, Stephen holds over 10 U.S. and multiple International patents for the “Rotating Label”. The innovative label has received over twenty awards within the label industry worldwide. Over
300 million labels have been sold using the “Spinformation”
system, as it has been trademarked by one of his licensees.
As a partner in BIG,
he crafted the product marketing strategy that has resulted in
international distribution, several major rock band endorsements, and
triple digit sales growth for an innovative line of musical accessories. Most of the products that the company sells are his inventions and designs. BIG
is on track to reach $1 million in sales after just over a year in
existence and has grabbed the headlines in the sleepy musical accessory
business.
DOG DAYS OF SUMMER ARE OVER!
It’s time to make some progress on your new product!!!! If you feel like you’ve taken some time off and have lost a little of that edge, come back and get pumped up again! inventRight awaits you! In
the past year Stephen has branched out his experience and has started a
company with his own product, has gotten distribution in over 4000
stores worldwide, and has exploded triple digit growth in sales! Come see Stephen speak and get juiced!
For more information about Stephen visit his "about us" page at
http://www.inventright.com/Stephen/stephen.mgi
Listen to some audio of Stephen on his web site
http://www.inventright.com/Free/free.mgi
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Date:Saturday, September 10th, 2005
Cost: $15 meeting fee must be paid in advance on-line here There are no membership fees.
- Agenda & Time
- Check In & Networking:9:15-9:45am (30 Min.)
PLEASE SHOW UP EARLY WITH YOUR PAYPAL RECIEPT
- Andrew Krauss Welcome:9:45-9:55am (10 min.)
- Stephen Colby Speaker: 9:55-10:40am(45 min.)
Do You Really Know How To Write A Provisional Patent?
- Todd Basche Speaker: 10:40-11:40am(1 hour)
Inventors Alliance Member Shares How He Did It!
- Networking Break: 11:40am - 12:00 noon(20 Min.)
- Todd Basche Speaker: 12:00 - 12:15pm(15 Min.)
Q&A
- Lunch Break: 12:15pm - 1:15pm (1 hour)
- Stephen Key Speaker: 1:15-2:15pm(1 hour)
How can you get a product into 4,000 stores and obtain worldwide distribution in under a years time?
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