Alamo Inventors, San Antonio, Texas
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Once a month, we have a meeting with a presentation about something invention related. Sometimes it's the creative part, like how someone came up with an idea. Sometimes it's the legal parts, like protection, patents, trademark, & licensing. Manufacturing comes up a lot, and so does marketing. We always enjoy our speakers, and we always learn from them. Questions are always encouraged, and our speakers share insights you can't get anywhere else. Before the meeting, you can visit with other inventors. New faces are always welcome, and if you have questions about invention or patents or marketing or ... there are usually members who can help guide you.
Meeting Date
Wednesday, May 10, 2023 (Online - Register Here)
Presentation: Getting Pulled Into Innovation By A Doberman
Guest Speaker: Joshua Tarbutton, Ph.D., P.E.
Joshua Tarbutton is our speaker for May and will speak on the following topics:
(1) How we brought the Bravo Walk to market
(2) How we navigated the patent process and licensing
(3) The design process: proof of concept vs prototype
(4) The actual cost of innovation and sales supporting the customer and
(5) Lessons learned in the concept to market process.
Dr. Tarbutton left his tenured teaching position to join Bravo Team (a company he founded in 2018). Bravo Team now has 32 employees (mostly engineers) and helps many individuals and companies create new machines and products. He is currently manufacturing and selling the Bravo Walk - a product he invented. Last year he helped 50 companies innovate on 70 projects. He has an 8300 square foot design studio and machine/fab shop to support rapid development of ideas into physical artifacts.
Related links of interest are:
www.bravowalk.com
www.bravoteam.tech
www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-tarbutton-4017b216
scholar.google.com/citations?user=9xkt-AoAAAAJ&hl=en
Guests are welcome.
From 6pm to 6:30pm Invention Q & A
Various topics each month.
From 6:30pm to 8:00pm Guest Speaker
Do not come to SATC, as there won't be anyone there.
Zoom Video Instructions:
Download the App or Program from zoom.us website or the app platform. There are several similar looking programs. Avoid them. It works on computers of most kinds, and tablets and phones. Please see the Youtube if this is all new to you. If you don't have a camera, that's OK. Audio is fine, and if you don't have a microphone, that's OK too. Except our hosts, everyone will be muted anyway. You can text within Zoom for questions.
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Meeting
We usually meet on the 2nd Wednesday of the month.
Meeting Location
ONLINE unless otherwise indicated
2023 Meeting Dates
Wednesday, January 11
Wednesday, February 8
Wednesday, March 8
Wednesday, April 12
Wednesday, May 10
Wednesday, June 14
Wednesday, July 12
Wednesday, August 9
Wednesday, September 13
Wednesday, October 11
Wednesday, November 8
Wednesday, December 13
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Non Profit
Alamo Inventors, Inc is a 501(c)3 not for profit Texas corporation. Membership and donations are used to fund our modest operational costs.
Contact
Alamo Inventors
invent@alamoinventors.org
Inventor Questions?
George Burkhardt
gwburkhardt@gmail.com
210.240.5011 or 210.649.2080
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About Us
Alamo Inventors was founded in 2000 and welcomes members and guests to join in with like-minded people from around the area in achieving success in your inventions.Each month we have meetings to collaborate, interact, inform, and learn about inventing, marketing, manufacturing, protecting, and learning how to succeed with inventions. The mission of the Alamo Inventors is to be a compass, resource and inspiration for inventors and entrepreneurs as they launch their concepts to market.
What We Do
We provide monthly meetings where members can meet and discuss their ideas, problems and solutions, talk with community resource members, and hear guest speakers talk about their real world experiences.
This provides a forum where this information may be shared and discussed to expand and educate the membership of the group.
Additional on-line resources are available to help direct the inventor and entrepreneur to the local and national organizations to help them as their ideas progress from concept to market.
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