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http://garageinventorlive.org/Breathing Life into New Inventions
Conference to Connect Inventors with Contract
Manufacturers
Aimed at Re-Inventing "Made in USA"
CLEVELAND, Ohio — All the frustrated inventors who
never had the wherewithal to bring their great ideas
to market will now have that opportunity through
garageinventorlive.org – a non-profit online community
that will serve as a new product development platform
to help inventors get organized and to connect them
with contract manufacturers. A day-long conference to
kickoff GarageInventorLive.org will be held on
Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at 8:30 a.m. at the
NASA/Glenn Research Center, 12000 Brookpark Road,
Building 500 Auditorium in Cleveland, Ohio.
The conference will feature an experienced entourage
of academics, engineers, industry leaders, inventors,
manufacturers, scientists and marketing professionals
from organizations such as NASA, Ohio Aerospace
Institute, National Association of Home Builders and
more. Presentations will explore topics such as the
availability of community and government resources,
case studies on how to bring products to market as
well as what works and what doesn’t from the contract
manufacturer’s perspective.
GarageInventorLive.org will help inventors learn
better business skills and find resources more easily.
Through searchable lists of new product concepts,
supply chain vendors and contract manufacturers,
inventors can find business experts who can validate
their ideas and make recommendations for moving
forward – all of which can save them time, money and
endless frustration.
"Every industry in America began with a single bright
idea," said Mary Kaye Denning, founder and chief
nudger of GarageInventorLive.org, "but an idea without
a process for implementation goes nowhere.
"If we can link an inventor with the people who test
an idea, engineer it, certify it, run it through the
gauntlet of legal and marketing hurdles and finally
bring out a viable product to our existing contract
manufacturing sector, we can fuel the American dream
and put a new foundation under our transitioning
economy – that’s Garage Inventor Live!" Denning
continued.
Denning spent more than two decades as a product
design and marketing consultant in New York City. She
specifically chose Cleveland, Ohio to relocate and to
launch her concept because of the abundance of
contract manufacturers in Northeast Ohio. "There are
approximately 1,000 contract manufacturers in the City
of Cleveland alone," she stated. "With the current
state of our economy, many of these manufacturers are
eagerly seeking new orders."
Advance registration to the conference is required.
Registrations can be made at
www.garageinventorlive.org. Admission is $25 and
includes the day-long conference, a continental
breakfast, box lunch and a complimentary six-month
trial membership in garageinventorlive.org. NOTE: NASA
security requires a government-issued, photo ID and
your receipt of payment at the door.
