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August 23 JIN meeting on patent law to be held at Jackson Carnegie Library

The Jackson Inventors Network (JIN) is on the move Aug. 23, with a new location: The historic Jackson Carnegie Library, 244 W. Michigan Ave, Jackson, Mi. This new location will also feature another first: An inventor, Patrick Stack, will talk, with his patent attorney, Vincent Re, about the experiences with the process, issues, and hurdles commercializing the […]

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Consumers Energy’s Strategic Innovation to launch SpringBoard

Consumers Energy’s Strategic Innovation is pleased to introduce with the support of Spring Arbor University SpringBoard, our inaugural idea pitch competition! We’re inviting innovators, budding entrepreneurs and anyone with a great idea to come and pitch it to an audience and panel of judges. Showcase your creativity and business savvy. All are welcome to attend as […]

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Remaking Your Brand – How and Why

Gary Pageau is on the cutting edge of marketing your idea or product. His background in marketing, name recognition, and getting visibility in this new era of communications is a vital and needed subject for our inventors and entrepreneurs. Pageau is the principal of InfoCircle LLC, a marketing communications company. For 25 years, he was […]

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May JIN meeting features return of Jack Ahren

Spring is here school almost out and inventors are moving with their ideas! Don’t miss this months meeting on May 24, where we have Jack Ahren from Tgap guiding us in our entrepreneur business development with “Governance the Foundation of a Successful business.” Let Ahrens help you avoid the pit falls many start-ups get into. This […]

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April JIN meeting: Accelerating Growth: Challenges and Strategies for Your Innovation Company

Thousands of early stage companies fail because predictable challenges in bringing their innovations to market are poorly anticipated and addressed by overwhelmed founders. This interactive session introduces how to manage common growth issues, stakeholder expectations, and strategic planning. For many, that includes finding and trusting professional managers to scale the business. At this month’s JIN […]

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2 Stories from the Trenches featured at March 22 meeting

Join the JIN faithful March 22 to hear from two local inventors who are following through on their dreams. Each guest speaker will share their personal story from concept to market. Story#1 – Fan Zone Furniture. Bill Jewell decided to merge his love for college sports with his desire to start a business. Fan ZoneTM Furniture […]

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Prototyping is topic of Feb. 23 JIN meeting

Get out of the February blues and join us for a best of the best look at prototyping and what you need to get your input for if your product will sell. Randall Easterling is a fantastic artist and prototyper using commonly available materials and you can do it techniques.   Meeting date   Feb 23rd Meet […]

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Big change for January meeting

This month we are doing something different. The MiQuest is having the ACE16 event on Jan. 26, which is our planned meeting day. ACE16 is an event that all of our inventors should go to it is a source of help we can not provide for developing a new business or product.   The time […]

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November meeting topic: Invention for “foodies”

This month, JIN welcomes Matt Stoner and Jeff Weed to share their entrepreneurial story and their journey. Stoner and Weed are not your typical inventors, and neither had prior experience in food creation. Nevertheless, over the past year, they have collaboratively developed and launched a tasty new paradigm in the frozen-dessert category: “Goodphoria.” What led them […]

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August JIN meeting topic is “Entrepreneurial Exhaustion”

Inventing is not for the faint of heart. Trying to complete an invention and make money from it is tiring work. Have you ever felt so drained you aren’t sure you have the energy to see your invention through to the end? The Jackson Inventors’ Network will be discussing the “One-Man-Band” Syndrome at its next […]

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