Serving Jackson Area Inventors and Entrepreneurs Since 2009
With Cowork at Ferris Wheel, businesses and startups alike can make use of a solitary desk or a comprehensive headquarters. Their business hospitality services land coworkers in the middle of some of the brightest doers in the USA, with access to conference rooms, office space, phones, wifi and printers night and day. Not to mention the […]
This month come and learn how to license your product or business idea. David Fedewa, negotiations coach and licensing specialist has coached over 100 students to successfully license their own products. He has been featured in Inc. and Entrepreneur’s online publications on licensing and negotiation strategy. He has licensed five of his own products, with one […]
Where do entrepreneurs and inventors go after they have a working prototype, talked to a patent attorney and are ready to move forward but don’t have the resources to launch? But who and how? Fred Molnar, vice president of Entrepreneurism and Innovation at the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) and the executive director of the […]
Patent Attorney Mikhail Murshak from Loomis Law in Lansing will be aspects of intellectual property law, patents, and trademark acquisition. His background includes preparation and prosecution of patents in the area of consumer products, computer technology, automotive aerospace, chemical engineering, nanotechnology, sleep technology, and much more. Working with start-up technology-based businesses. Murshak grew up in […]
Let’s just talk about your project, and what you need. We can look up and find prototypers, manufacturing partners, patent attorneys, and investors. We will have disclosure non-disclosure forms for those who are not far enough along. Meeting Agenda Location 6:00 – 6:30 p.m. – Registration Lean Rocket Lab 6:30-7:30 p.m. – Program (East side door) 7:30-8:30 p.m. […]
This month we continue to explore JIN partner organizations that benefit our members. The Jackson Makerspace is Jackson’s most fantastic place for makers, entrepreneurs and inventors to work on and get help with, making their idea or product. This meeting is a reintroduction to the Makerspace and their new facility. We are continuing to explore […]
This is the type of organization we have been looking for since the start of JIN. Come hear Ken Seneff co-founder give a tour and explain why this organization is what each of us and our group needs this place. Even if you have not come to a meeting for a long time this meeting […]
Many inventors & entrepreneurs are stymied as to how to get the first meeting with investors, venture capital or angel investors. Jack Ahrens will help us find the path and let us in on what we need to have ready before setting the first face-to-face meeting. Many times, you get one chance. So, we will […]
There is not a “one size fits all” strategy for turning a clever idea into extra cash. Inventors, like the inventions they create, come in many shapes and varieties. However, many inventors at some point consider turning over their invention to a company in exchange for royalty checks. The great thing about this approach is […]
We are one-upping the July meeting, Allen Knight, Ph.D., Business Administration, professor of marketing and entrepreneurship, Spring Arbor University, will present “The Business Plan for the Busy Planner.” What are the questions to ask before you take the time, effort, and money to write a business plan for entrepreneurs and inventors? In this meeting we […]