TASA I&E SIG

Monthly meetings are typically held the second Wednesday of every month.

The first hour from 5:30pm to 6:30pm is for networking and getting to know each other.

From 6:30pm to 8:00pm is
the monthly speaker where successful Inventors and Entrepreneurs help you understand how to succeed!

Previous speakers at the TASA I&E SIG meetings have included:

December 2007	Christmas Party	Christmas Party
November 2007	Elliott Brackett	Sell on TV
October 2007	Kurt Tompkins	Bringing a Product to Market
September 2007	Myna Rae	Maximize Your Creative Efforts
August 2007	Marcus Christopher	From Concept to Sales
July 2007	Adolfo Pesquera	Getting Your Story Out
June 2007	Jerry Baca	3 Things Inventors Must Know
May 2007	Impromptu!	Impromptu meeting, updates from group members. Myrna Rae to be rescheduled.
April 2007	Dr. Geoffrey Nicholson	The Business of Innovation - A Survival Issue (PowerPoint presentation)
March 2007	Ignacio Torres, III	Invention Steps and Unique Sales Strategies
February 2007	David Clark	Preparing Your Venture for Funding (presentation)
January 2007	Klaus Weiswurm	From Napkin to Production
December 2006	Barry Brinkman, Aric Garza	Holiday Party - An Entrepreneur's History (Barry) and Common Sense Business Practices (Aric)
November 2006	Angelina Musik	Seven Principles on How to Believe and Achieve
October 2006	Wayne Simonton, Stuart Minica, Ralph Moore	Three Archery Products and the Inventors that Created them and Successful Businesses Too
September 2006	Alan Thiele	How To Prepare Your Own Provisional Patent Application
August 2006	Brian Hughes	An Entrepreneur's Journey - Pushing Large Rocks Up Steep Hills
July 2006	Jerry Hanhn	Converting Vision to Business: Making it Happen
June 2006	Charles Cutler	Chemical Engineer Combines Algorithm and Software to Make a Successful and Important Corporation
May 2006	Tom Collard / Gadget Guys Contest	Collard Heat Pump / Win a Trip to Minnesota Inventor's Congress
April 2006	Kieu Phan	Perfecting the Prototype and Other challenges of being an Inventor
March 2006	Thomas E. Owen, PhD, PE	One Engineer's Experiences in the World of Inventions and Patents
February 2006	David B. South	Tomorrow's Building - Available Today!
January 2006	Gadget Guys	The Big Idea Radio Show Featuring the Gadget Guys
December 2005	Dr. Francis Kane / Dr. Alvin Marx, M.D.	U.S. Space Exploration / Yankee Invention Expo Report
November 2005	Sylvia Acevedo	From Brain to Bank: How to Take Your Idea from Concept to a Product on the Shelves
October 2005	Gerald Fuller	Non-traditional Methods Used to "Accidentally Succeed in Bringing a Product to Market"
September 2005	David Castillo	Bringing a Technology to Market before its Time by Positioning Yourself and Your Idea
August 2005	Bruce Houston, P.A.	What is Intellectual Property?

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