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, April 8, 2026
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6PM CST, usually until 8PM or so. This meeting is online, on Zoom

Topic:
Alan Beckley

Speaker:
Finding Licensees In Minutes Using The Power Of Agentic AI

As an inventor time available to work on your invention competes against many other obligations including work, family and friends. You’re lucky if your invention gets 2 or 3 hours of dedicated time from you each week.

How do you find potential licensees for your product? You could spend many hours searching Google, Linkedin and Chat GPT looking for the “right” companies. Many weeks later, you’ve spent a lot of your precious time with not much to show for it. Frustrating, isn’t it?

Now there is a better way that is dramatically faster which Alan Beckley ( https://alanbeckley.com/ ) has developed as an AI Agent, called the Invention Prospector, that does the “heavy lifting” of meticulous licensee research for you.

During the meeting, Alan will demonstrate this AI tool which will show how the process is amazingly fast and simple to do. Just fill out a simple online form as follows:

Describe your invention, what’s unique about it – (avoid disclosing any IP);

List it’s benefits, generally how it works and what makes it better;

List your website URL (if you have one);

List up to 5 different search phrases you’d use to look for similar products;

List up to 5 different competitors or potential licensee companies; and

Then Hit “Continue to Research

Within less than 10 minutes, Claude.ai will conduct a broad research including Thomasnet.com and will generally find 30- 35 potential licensees for your invention. You’ll get the company name, its website, the top 10 best licensee prospects and the rationale for each one.

Alan Beckley exchanged 25 years as an engineer and telecom project manager by becoming the inventor of a slim wallet to solve the rump bump problem. Alan sold his product in military base PXs, VA hospitals, even at gun shows until he was able to sell for 2 years on QVC. Subsequently, \he achieved his goal of licensing via direct TV when Allstar Products commercialized his wallets out to over 10,000 retail stores as the Wonder Wallet.

Today, he helps empower other inventors through coaching, webinars and his podcast ( http://www.alanbeckley.com/podcast ), Inventors Helping Inventors, with over 600 episodes available on all major podcast platforms.

Alamo Inventors members and meeting attendees will get to "test drive" the Invention Prospector for free using it to find potential licensees for their own inventions. His only ask is that you give him an honest review, describing your experience using the AI agent. Click HERE to download Invention Prospector ( http://www.alanbeckley.com/alamo26 ) and
HERE ( https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16MvFb4uzEwmOaznv1MbYxhoMXGe0xUll?usp=sharing ) on how to use it.



Guests are welcome.
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We Look Forward to Seeing You on Zoom


AI SIG Meeting
On the last Thursday of the month, at 6PM, the Alamo Inventors AI group will meet, exploring the convergence of artificial intelligence, inventing, and entrepreneurship. Reach out to board member mikeshandyproducts@gmail.com for details.






Guests are welcome.

Meeting

We usually meet on the 2nd Wednesday of the month.

Meeting Location
ONLINE unless otherwise indicated

2026 Meeting Dates
Wednesday, January 14
Wednesday, February 11
Wednesday, March 11
Wednesday, April 8
Wednesday, May 13
Wednesday, June 10
Wednesday, July 8
Wednesday, August 12
Wednesday, September 9
Wednesday, October 14
Wednesday, November 11
Wednesday, December 9

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Alamo Inventors, Inc is a 501(c)3 not for profit Texas corporation. Membership and donations are used to fund our modest operational costs.

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About Us

Alamo Inventors was founded in 2000 and welcomes members and guests to join in with like-minded people 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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