Educational Webinar Series New – Inventors Groups of America

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Welcome to the IGA Educational Webinar Series

Our members-only webinars take place monthly and feature different successful inventors, industry experts, educators, and executives to give you the information, tips, and insights you need to get ahead with your invention. Registration and attendance are free for all IGA Members, join today to get started!

All Webinars are Held Wednesdays at
4pm Pacific / 7pm Eastern

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Featured Webinar Guests

Tariq Najee-ullah

Founders Legal - Patent Agent - Patent Drafting, Patent Research

Rick Kellow

Inventor of the GreatPlate

Paul Fatehi

Founder of Fintech IP - Prior Art Searcher, former Patent Examiner and Senior Patent Analyst

Michael Van Horst

Successful Inventor

Mary Couzin

Chicago Toy & Game Week - Founder and President

Ken Johnson

Inventor of famous card game, Phase 10 - Inventor, Author, Visionary Entrepreneur, Investor, Speaker

Kedma Ough

Mt. Hood Community College - Innovation Director Statewide

Jonah White

Inventor of Billy Bob Teeth - Entrepreneur, Motivational Speaker, Mentor, Author

Jim DeBetta

DeBetta Enterprises - President

Howie Busch

An Entrepreneur, Inventor, Advisor, and Attorney, Howie is the Founder & Dude-in-Chief of DudeRobe, where he created a cooler bathrobe and lounge wear for men, and appeared on Season 9 of ABC’s Shark Tank.

Dr. Konstantin Dolgan

Co-founder LA NPDT - Product Design, Development, and Marketing

Carrie Jeske

Will It Launch? - Principal Consultant

Benjamin Harrison

Creator of Smart Pitch- Getting into companies via LinkedIn - Entrepreneur, product developer, featured in publications ranging from Vintage Guitar Magazine to Inc.

Scheduled IGA Educational Webinars

2020 Webinar Dates

January 29th – How to bring your product to life from idea to store shelves with Mike Van Horst and his product, Push and Hang.

February 12th – A Shark Tank Contestant talks about the Art of the Pitch, with Howie Busch and his company, DudeRobe.

March 4th – Prototyping Tips and Tricks Every Inventor Must Know, with Blake Hodgson.

April 1st – How to develop and manufacture a successful product from ground up through venturing, with Jason Klug.

More dates to come!

2019 Webinars – Scroll down to watch previous webinars!

March 6th — Presenting your ideas to potential licensees with CoFounders Andrew Krauss and Stephen Key.

May 1st — The latest DRTV insider secrets for submitting your product ideas with Carrie Jeske from Will it Launch.

May 29th — Building prototypes with Dr. Konstantin Dolgan from LA New Product Development Team.

June 12th — Manufacturing your product idea and selling it to retailers with Jim DeBetta.

July 10th — How to raise money to launch your business with Kedma Ough.

July 31st — Learn how to be a toy inventor. Mary Couzin founder of ChiTAG – North America‘s largest non-hobby toy and game fair open to the public.

August 14th — The Art & Science of Patent Searching — Learn about prior art searching with Paul Fatehi, Founder of Fintech IP and former Senior Patent Analyst.

September 4th — How to protect those ideas without spending a fortune with Patent Agent Tariq Najee-ullah.

October 2nd – How to market novelty products with inventor of World Famous Billy-Bob Teeth, Jonah White.

October 30th – Learn about the toy industry with inventor Ken Johnson, creator of the second best selling card game, Phase 10.

November 6th – How to get your ideas into companies without making dreaded cold calls with Benjamin Harrison.

December 4th – Learn what it takes to get on QVC and sell thousands with Rick Kellow and his product, The GreatPlate.

Past Webinar Recordings

Learn How to License Your Ideas

IGA CoFounders Stephen Key and Andrew Krauss discuss the right way to submit ideas to the right companies.

DRTV Insider Secrets with Carrie Jeske

IGA CoFounders Stephen Key and Andrew Krauss talk with Carrie Jeske of Will It Launch about submitting your product ideas to DRTV companies.

Designing & Building 3D Prototypes

IGA CoFounders Stephen Key & Andrew Krauss talk with Konstantin Dolgan, Ph.D., founder & CEO of Louisiana New Product Development. PLEASE NOTE: Speakers discuss prototypes that were shown on the live webinar. That video from the webinar was not recorded.

Preparing, Approaching & Selling To Retailers

IGA CoFounders Stephen Key & Andrew Krauss talk with Jim DeBetta, President of DeBetta Enterprises about preparing and selling your ideas to retailers.

How to Raise Money To Lauch Your Business

IGA CoFounder Stephen Key talks with Kendma Ough, MBA about raising money to launch your business ideas.

Mary Couzin – CHITag Conference Organizer

IGA CoFounders Stephen Key and Andrew Krauss talk with CHITag Conference Organizer Mary Couzin about toy inventing.

The Art & Science of Patent Searching

IGA CoFounders Stephen Key and Andrew Krauss talk with Paul Fatehi, Founder of Findtech-IP about patent searching.

How to Protect Those Ideas Without Spending a Fortune

IGA CoFounders Stephen Key and Andrew Krauss talk with Patent Agent Tariq Najee-Ullah about protecting your ideas with provisional patent applications and utility patent appplications.

Jonah White – Creator of Billy Bob Teeth

IGA CoFounders Stephen Key and Andrew Krauss talk with Jonah White, creator of the hit novelty product Billy Bob Teeth about how to market novelty products.

Ken Johnson – Inventor of Phase 10

IGA CoFounders Stephen Key and Andrew Krauss talk with Ken Johnson, inventor of the popular card game Phase 10. Ken discusses working with the toy industry.

Benjamin Harrison – SmartPitch

IGA CoFounders Stephen Key and Andrew Krauss talk with Benjamin Harrison, creator of the SmartPitch program about getting product ideas into companies via LinkedIn.

Rick Kellow – Creator of Great Plate

IGA CoFounders Stephen Key and Andrew Krauss talk with Rick Kellow, inventor of The Great Plate about making thousands on QVC.

Mike Van Horst – Creator of Push & Hang

IGA CoFounders Stephen Key and Andrew Krauss talk with Mike Van Horst the creator of the Push & Hang system about how to license an idea.

Howie Busch – Creator of Dude Robe

IGA CoFounders Stephen Key and Andrew Krauss talk with Howie Busch the creator of Dude Rob about the art of the pitch and being a contestant on Shark Tank.