Rocky Mountain Inventors Association

Meeting on the Transition from Product to Company

Speaker: Nathan Fisk

Topic: The Transition From Product to
Company

A normal inventor-centric quandary is transitioning from
creating a product to creating a company. Whether you are creating a company
around one product or whether you need a platform to organize and build a
series of ongoing products that you sell and license to others, the fact
remains that 50% of businesses fail within the first five years. Many of those
failures are tied directly to the fact that some of the best inventors in the
world are not always good entrepreneurs and business people. From financial
considerations to staff, and from revenue generation to controlling expenses,
creating a solid foundation will enable you to do what you do best and be
profitable, even if you're not an entrepreneur. 

 Nathan has been a consultant and business
partner in multiple ventures over the last 15 years and is currently the Chief
Growth Officer for Saligent, Inc., a local start-up that has more than tripled
in size over the last 12 months. One of Nathan's previous clients started off
with zero in sales and a product that wasn't ready for market to a
multi-million dollar venture that doubled sales every year for more than five
years while introducing new products to the market every year.

For more detail go to www.rminventor.org under "Event"

Warning Signs of Marketing & Legal Scams for Inventors

Denver, CO on June 28, 2012-Bonnie Kaake and Roger Jackson will speak on this very important topic, on how to protect yourself from con artists-don't become a target-learn the top 10 warning signs and the 5 hooks they use on you, plus the 10 questions you must ask before you make the decision to commit to anything, see www.rminventor.org under "Event" for detail.

Invent...Invent Not

Speaker Bob Aamodt will be presenting from a successful inventors perspective in Colorado Springs, CO on May 17, 2012 see www.rminventor.org under "Event" for details.

Basic Marketing and Legal for Inventors

We are representing this topic due to the popular demand in Fort Collins, CO on June 7, 2012, please see www.rminventor.org under "Event" for details.

Come learn about Business Entities and Ongoing Strategies!

Craig Miles will give a presentation on this important topic, on how to shield yourself from liability, how to structure your business assets in various business entities, tax issues, how to handle business partners, how to handle investors, how to define tasks among various members and managers, and other related issues.   This presentation will be given in Denver, CO on May 24 and in Fort Collins, CO on May 3,  see www.rminventor.org under "EVENT" for detail.

Hear an Inventors story of a Successful Product Launch!

Inventor Mike Lammens who just received his patent on a unique camera mount that clamps on a high fence has been manufacturing the camera mounts with some help and has sold about 700 units to date.    So come and hear Mike speak about what he did right and wrong and ask him questions.   Mike's presentation is on May 10 in Denver, see www.rminventor.org under "Event" for details. 

The US Patent Reform Act Explained for Inventors

Come to the Rocky Mountain Inventors Association Fort Collins, CO., meeting on April 5th to hear Patent Attorney Jim Poole speak on the US Patent Reform Act and its impact on inventors, see www.rminventor.org under Event for details.

Basic Marketing and Legal for Inventors

Come to the Rocky Mountain Inventors Association Colorado Springs, CO.,  meeting on March 15, to learn about preliminary marketing by Bonnie Kaake to better understand cost / price, competition, and market potential.   Then Patent Attorney Roger Jackson will present on patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and confidentiality agreements all as related to your idea, see www.rminventor.org under Event for details.

Learn to use the Internet for Prior Art searching on your idea

There are five types of prior art in the public domain being (1) Issued Patents (world-wide), (2) Patent Application Publications (world-wide), (3) Non Patent Publications (world-wide), (4) Offers for Sale (United States only), and (5) Public Uses (United States only).  Prior art types (1) and (2) are the easiest to search on-line, prior art type (3) is also done on-line typically requiring a "for fee" access database, wherein prior art types (4) and (5) are the most difficult to find.  Come to the Rocky Mountain Inventors Association Denver, CO meeting on April 26th presented by Patent Attorney Roger Jackson to learn more on how to better search for your idea to assess the patentability, competitors, and similar uses, in deciding whether to pursue your idea further, see www.rminventor.org under Event for details. 

Plastic Prototyping-Specifically with 3-D Printing

Come hear from Bob Olsen of Spectrum Plastics (formerly Protogenics) talk about advances in 3-D Printing (which is where an actual part is made from a CAD drawing directly to a 3 axis printer using injected plastic in layers), recent advances in 3-D printing include part complexity, materials available, and cost reduction.    3-D Printing is a big plus for small companies just starting out by facilitating low volume production runs with quality parts without the big money and final design commitment of molds for high volume production.   Bob will present on April 12 at 6:30PM at Vesta Technology in Golden, CO-see www.rminventor.org under "Event" for details and Bob's contact info is Phone  303-453-3990 and BOlsen@spectrumplasticsgroup.com