FROM GOOD IDEA TO MARKETABLE PRODUCT – 8 Steps to Successful Inventing

Thursday, March 9, 2017
8:45 – 12 noon
Grace Conference Room, Higgins University Center, Clark University

How do you transform a creative concept into a real product? If you want to save time, money, and aggravation while giving your project its best chance for success, make this workshop your first stop.

We will address a manageable process for getting your project onto a solid foundation while avoiding the traps and pitfalls that can doom a venture.

Topics include::

• Steps to complete before investing your money
• Common sense approach in the development process
• Action plan in validating the merits and prospects of your concept
• Road map in launching a new product
• When or should you trademark, copy write or patent an invention

This workshop is for start-ups, entrepreneurs, creative individuals…anyone with a new concept regardless of prior experience or stage of product development.

Elizabeth Pierotti has been an inventor and strategic product developer for more than 30 years.  She has designed and developed innovaitons for both Fortune 500 companies and small business.  Mary Casey, Esq., provides intellectual property services to clients around the country.

Speakers:

Elizabeth Pierotti – Owner, Inventor & Educator, The Inventing Life, Greene, RI
Mary Casey, Esq. – Managing Attorney, The Harbor Law Group, Northborough, MA

Sponsored by: Avidia Bank, Commerce Bank & Trust, People’s United Bank, The Harbor Law Group

COST

$30 for the first workshop
$25 for each additional workshop or additional registrant (from same company)

Special – $125 for all 5 seminars

Click here for complete workshop schedule

PAYMENT

To reserve your space, please mail your check made out to Clark University to:

Clark University SBDC
950 Main Street,
Worcester, MA 01610-1477

Be sure to list attendees names and which seminars you are paying for. You can also REGISTER ONLINE but we cannot process credit cards – sorry.

Space is limited. Advanced registration required. Registration fees include materials and refreshments. The Clark SBDC reserves the right to cancel or reschedule a workshop due to insufficient enrollment. Registration fees will be returned or credited towards future programs only if the Clark SBDC cancels or reschedules a seminar. Sorry, no refunds will be given to individuals who register but are unable to attend.

Please contact the Clark University SBDC for more information at 508-793-7615 or via Email at sbdc@clarku.edu