January 17th, 2023 Inventors Showcase Featuring Tamara Ghandour.
Happy New Year! Please joins us while we host Tamara Ghandour! Tamara is a human centric innovator, whose innovations include ‘The Innovation Quotient Edge (IQE) which has made innovation a tangible and accessible goal for everyone! An accomplished author, business owner, creator and innovator her numerous breakthroughs have been acknowledged by companies like Procter & Gamble, US Army, and Disney! Come be inspired and share your own dreams with us!
The Board of Directors would like to take a moment to thank all of our donating members for helping to keep the Inventors Center of Kansas City going. During 2022 we launched “Fast Track Your Invention”, to provide more personalized coaching to our membership.
Now as we begin 2023 we promise to continue to provide great speakers and support to our members.
5:30-6:30 Meet and Greet
6:30pm – 8:00pm Inventor’s Showcase
Zoom Link https://zoom.us/j/997705742
MEETINGS YOU MAY HAVE MISSED
November 15th, 2022 Inventors Club Round Table and Improv!
Join us for our spotlight during Kansas City’s Global Entrepreneurship Week!
The Inventors Center of Kansas City welcomes you to our special GEW edition of our monthly meet up. This month we will be having an invention round table. Whether you are a seasoned veteran or just working on your first project you can get your questions answered by our panel of experts; including an inventor, prototype, patent attorney and a licensing expert! Join us in person at:
Or via zoom at:
HTTPS://Zoom.us/j/997705742
Find further details on the Kansas City’s Global Entrepreneurship Week 2022 at:
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October 18th, 2022 6:30pm-8:00 Inventors Showcase Meeting
Meet and Greet at 5:30-6:30
Join us for an engaging meeting online!
Join us as we host Rita Crompton The Inventor Lady! Founder of FleCusa International speaks about her experiences and her workings on ‘Trade Shows from Both Sides of the Isle’ and ‘Inventors Roundtable’.
Join us online for https://zoom.us/j/997705742
January 17th, 2023 Meeting on ‘How to Work Trade Shows From Both Sides
Join us for an engaging meeting online!
Details to Come!
March 15, 2022 Meeting
Join us for an engaging meeting online!
This month Marcy McKenna will be our featured speaker, sharing with us her 5 Step Product Validation Formula. Marcy is an acclaimed inventor and product designer. She has been featured on numerous TV, radio, and podcast programs. As inventors, we have lots of ideas. Quickly filtering them and being able to focus our efforts on those that are market-worthy is a skill that is critical for inventing success. Don’t miss hearing her insights and formula!
For the foreseeable future, we’ll be meeting ONLINE ONLY, at 6:30 pm on the 3rd Tuesday of each month. Here’s the link – https://zoom.us/j/997705742
Copy it and paste it into your calendar… NOW!
April 19, 2022 Meeting
Join us for an engaging meeting online!
Licensing Superstar Stephen Key on Licensing Your Inventions.
Stephen is the acclaimed author of “Invent Right”, and founder of a product licensing business by the same name. He has helped countless inventors to quickly, efficiently and profitably license their ideas to others. We’ve featured Stephen in past years, and his counsel remains some of the most memorable and popular content that we are blessed to share. Don’t miss this meeting! Here’s the link – https://zoom.us/j/997705742
May 17, 2022 Meeting
Join us for an engaging meeting online!
For our May meeting, Deepak Dashairya, Regional Outreach Officer for the US Patent & Trademark Office will show us some new tools for searching the USPTO database. Searching the USPTO is a necessary part of the invention process – for ensuring that your invention is patentable, and for ensuring that your idea does not violate the patent rights of others.
For the foreseeable future, we’ll be meeting ONLINE ONLY, at 6:30 pm on the 3rd Tuesday of each month. Here’s the link – https://zoom.us/j/997705742
Copy it and paste it into your calendar… NOW!
February 2021
Ryford Estores
Topic: “From Barber to Millionaire”
Ryford was working as a registered nurse in NYC and not liking it, He started cutting his own hair, and then friends hair till he hit upon an idea. So far 15 million in retail sales. Hear his story of the plan he set up to achieve his goals. It’s inspirational
Also there is a Special Motivational Video – “20 Million Dollar Sales Inventor Shares His Insights to Success”
There will also be Chris’s Invention Showcase
March 2021
Warren Tuttle
Topic: “What to Do and What Not to Do to Get a Licensor to Consider Your Product”
Over 1000 products licensed, several billion in retail sales!
A Special Motivational Video – “30 Million Dollar Sales Inventor Shares Her Insights to Success”
There will also be Chris’s Invention Showcase
April 2021
DANA KNOWLES
Topic: “Showered with success, from a simple improvement to an existing product”
Dana Knowles has an engaging presentation, sharing her story of the diligent inventor. You will be inspired by her perseverance and determination!
May 2021
CARMINE DENISCO
Topic: “Getting your product ready for the marketplace.”
Carmine Denisco is a successful Entrepreneur, Inventor, Author, Podcaster, Investor, Patent and Trademark Holder. He has designed, developed and manufactured many products sold in retail stores, TV shopping channels, online and infomercials some have gone on to be licensed by major chain stores.
Denisco is dedicated to helping inventors correctly navigate the invention and manufacturing process, giving each inventor their best shot at success.
June 2021
CARLOS ALVAREZ
Topic: “Selling your invention on Amazon.”
Carlos Alvarez is going to talk to us about getting your product ready for Amazon, getting it on Amazon, and then promoting it on Amazon. Carlos is a current top 1% Amazon Seller (2020 Gross Sales of 169 Million).
July 2021
JULIE SCOTT
Topic: “When to patent. When not to”
Patent Attorney Julie Scott described where and how patents are vital, and when patents might not be your best option. She laid out all the steps to get a patent and how to defend a patent that gets infringed upon.
August 2021
Topic: “Fast Track Your Invention!”
Rapidly speeding up your invention process is possible when you know the right steps, know the right people, and have the right resources. Do you have all that? Better make sure!
Several speakers reinforced this and provided the tools and tips to shave months, if not years, off the timetable for bringing inventions to market.
Additionally, ICKC President John Meyer introduced a new Members-Only benefit; a coach/mentor program that is designed to give maximize both the speed and the success of inventions. So, if you haven’t paid your 2021 membership, do so now.
September 2021
AN ICKC FIRST! We collaborated on an invention in real time!
Author, Coach, Mentor Dennis Hodges facilitated our meeting, helping us to refine an Inventors Cards game/tool to be both fun and thought-provoking.
Dennis believes that we’re all creative and have simply forgotten. Serving as a creative catalyst (or creatalyst), Dennis shares strategies for reclaiming our innate gifts and turning ideas into action. He is the Managing Director of Creatalyst, a global strategy boutique that teaches how to unlock creativity and drive innovation in organizations and individual lives.
Dennis has led strategic marketing and customer experience initiatives for many companies in Europe and the US over the past 30 years. He is also a fine art photographer.
In his talks and workshops, he mixes strategy, photography and creative thinking to challenge the audience’s perspective and ignite their personal creativity.
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