Topic:
"Resources For Inventors"

Speaker:
Cheryl Downing

Company:
Cheryl Downing And Associates
 
Many people  refer to Cheryl Downing as the "Resource Queen." She has a resource database of over 15,000 records, which she continues to build. Additionally, she has the ability to find seemingly hidden information online. Cheryl will share her insights on how to quickly:
 
- Gather information about your new product idea, without sharing the idea itself
 
- Learn "what you don't know" about an industry, especially if you have never worked in that field before
 
- Uncover the most relevant industry resources for your new idea in the shortest amount of time
 
- Find free and low-cost government resources for starting your own business, if you want to manufacture and/or sell it yourself.
 
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This month's speaker Cheryl Downing will be streamed live via a video feed and projected onto a big screen. This will be an interactive presentation. There will be plenty of time to ask Cheryl questions live through the video feed.

Cheryl's talk will be followed by a round table networking to help get each other going with our projects. Sacramento chapter Vice President Ed Silva will facilitate this meeting.

 
About the Speaker
Cheryl Downing is a marketing consultant who teaches small business owners how to reframe their marketing and PR strategies to grow their business fast—without breaking the bank. Cheryl has over 25 years of diverse industry experience, beginning in the high tech industry where she built her skills in marketing and sales at Xerox and Control Data. Since 2001, Cheryl has provided training in marketing and market research for several Small Business Administration offices in the San Francisco Bay Area.