Inventors Network- Licensing Event, September 28th, with Stephen Key

Licensing Expert, Stephen Key will be covering a step-by-step process for bringing ideas/inventions to market through licensing. This workshop is geared for individuals and companies who have ideas for products and would like to learn an easy way to bring them to market, for those who provide services for the creative endeavor (engineers, attorneys, graphic designers, marketing personnel, manufacturers, researchers, paralegals, etc) and for family, friends and colleagues who are interested in understanding and helping with the process.

The event is from 5-9 on Tuesday, September 28th at Dunwoody Institute in Minneapolis and costs $10-$20, depending upon membership in Inventors’ Network. Stephen only comes to the Twin Cities every 2-3 years to present live seminars, so this is a "don't miss" opportunity.

What Attendees Will Learn
Attendees will learn a simple and effective step-by-step process on how to license their inventions:
- Licensing versus Manufacturing
- Creating a Marketable Product
- Protecting Your Inventions
- Bringing Your Product to Life
- How to Get Your Product Inside Companies, Easily
- What to Submit and How
- Negotiating Terms and Royalties
- Signing a Contract
- How to Keep Moving Ahead
- And more!

In addition to the presentation, there will be time for question & answers.


About Stephen Key
Stephen has been licensing products for over 30 years in a variety of industries (beverage, pharmaceutical, music, entertainment, toys...), has been featured in national media outlets (Dr. Phil, The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch, USA Today...), speaks world-wide on the topic of licensing and educates people on how to bring their products to market. In addition to licensing, Stephen has also manufactured and distributed products and has sold his products in retailing giants such as Wal-mart, Walgreens, 7-Eleven and Disney theme parks and stores world-wide. You can learn more about him at http://www.inventright.com.


Event Details
The event is being sponsored by Inventors’ Network http://www.inventorsnetwork.org.
WHO: Licensing Expert, Stephen Key

WHAT: Learn How to Bring Ideas to Market

WHEN: Tuesday, September 28th, 2010

TIME: 5:00 - 9:00, program begins at 5:30. (For those of you who need to eat on-site, the cafeteria will be open until 8:00. Food will not be served during the meeting).

WHERE: Dunwoody College of Technology, Minneapolis

COST:
$10 for Inventors’ Network Members
$20 for Non-members


Registration
Online: www.InventingCoach.com (Under Store, Stephen Key Event) Link = http://www.inventingcoach.com/store_key_event.html

At the event: Cash and check preferred.

For More Information

Jack Smith
952-470-8045
DrawPatent@aol.com

Linda Pollock
952-405-6910
Linda@InventingCoach.com

August Web Chat: Tips and Advice on Health Care Tax Credits Provided for Small Business Owners
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Thursday, August 12, 2010, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., ET

WASHINGTON – The SBA’s Web Chat will highlight small business health care, with a focus on how the Affordable Care Act will benefit small business owners through available tax-saving incentives. Participants can learn about the newest tax credits they can take advantage of, and additional tax provisions to be implemented during the next several years.


WHO: John Tuzynski, chief of Employment Tax and Specialty Programs for the Small Business Self-Employed (SB/SE) Division at the Internal Revenue Service, will host the August web chat on “Health Care and Small Business.”

WHAT: SBA’s Web chat series provides small business owners with an opportunity to discuss relevant business issues online with experts, industry leaders and successful entrepreneurs. Chat participants will have direct, real-time access to the Web chats via questions they submit online in advance and during the live session, with instant answers.

WHEN: August 12, 2010, 2010, 1 p.m. ET
Tuzynski will answer questions for one hour.

HOW: Participants can join the live Web chat by going online to www.sba.gov, and clicking “Online Business Chat.” Web chat participants may post questions before the August 12th chat by visiting http://web.sba.gov/livemeeting/Aug10/ and posting their questions online.

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Advisory Date: August 4, 2010 Contact: Cecelia Taylor (202) 401-3059
Advisory Number: MA10-12 Internet Address: http://www.sba.gov/news