Category: Past Speakers

Edith Tolchin

Secrets of Successful Women Inventors Edith G. Tolchin knows inventors! Edie has interviewed over 100 inventors for her longtime column in Inventors Digest (www.edietolchin.com/portfolio). In addition, she has owned EGT Global Trading since 1997, which links inventors with China factories,

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Adam W. Bell

Trademarks have always been a valuable part of an Intelectual Property Portfolio but even more so now in light of the America Invents Act (AIA) which removed the property rights of inventors. We have seen infringers brought to justice using

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Amy Jo Brogan

The Accidental Inventor Amy Jo Brogan is an extraordinarily driven personality. She began a career in the entertainment industry taking on acting and modeling jobs at 13 years old. By age 15, she earned her Screen Actors Guild card (SAG)

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Werner Blumenthal

How To Make It REAL Once you have validated that your product has a market, in almost all cases, the next step is to make it REAL or in other words, build a prototype. Now you have a physical representation

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Marcy McKenna Product Validation

Product Validation This IS the most important step to bringing a successful product to market that almost every independent inventor never does. Fortunately, I am not part of that group. I have a whole shelf in my garage filled with

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The Dynamic Duo Nicholas Blanton and Christopher Lackert

This month we have, not one, but two speakers giving a presentation on Intellectual Property (IP) from the prestigious firm Wasserbauer Intellectual Property Law. The list of their accomplishments are way too long to provide here but can be seen

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Bob Oros

Bob Oros of Business Development Resources www.bdrinovate.com truly knows the ins and outs of working with corporations better than anyone else I know. After all, he has worked for major corporations marketing and developing over-the-counter products, foods and beverages, etc.,

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Stephen Kerr The Real Deal

The Real Deal Stephen Kerr is an incredible person. He is an MD, a very busy surgeon, an inventor, a medical device manufacturer, an author of both medical articles, and the book “How To Develop Your Product Idea Without Going

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Lesia Farmer

Be A Wise Inventor Lesia Farmer’s journey began by being burned by hot spaghetti. She swore that would never happen again and so she began her research. Eventually, she developed the Trap Door Colander which she licensed to Farberware through

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Rita Crompton

Working Well With Others I don’t care how self-sufficient you are, at some point you will need to hire a service provider and the more you can do yourself the harder it is to work well with others. Most independent