Inventor Resource Center – Meeting Schedule

(2012 schedule to be announced soon!)

Edith Tolchin, President, EGT Global Trading
Edith G. Tolchin, "The Sourcing Lady^SM", "invented" EGT Global Trading in 1997, with a goal to link U.S. inventors with Asian manufacturers, to provide an exclusive import service for sourcing, quality control, production testing and safety issues, manufacturing, international financing, air/ocean shipping, customs clearance arrangements, and dock-to-door delivery. Edie began her career in import and international trade in the 1970s, fresh out of NYU, with a NYC importer of frozen fish and bicycles. She has worked with both large and small importers, handling commodities from salted nuts to chemicals and waxes, to wearing apparel and toys. Ms. Tolchin holds a prestigious U.S. Customs Broker License, and has extensive experience with U.S. Customs and Customs Brokers in various products and issues, including binding rulings, duty protests and drawbacks. She is an officer on the Board of the Directors of the United Inventors Association, and is an expert in the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act's requirements for the General Conformity Certificate and Tracking Labels.

Ms. Tolchin is co-author of Sourcing Smarts: Keeping it SIMPLE and SAFE with China Sourcing and Manufacturing, along with Don Debelak and Eric Debelak. Edie is a freelance writer for Inventors Digest Magazine. She has over 35 years of international trade experience, and has worked exclusively with China and Taiwan for the past 20 years.

EGT Global Trading specializes in offshore manufacturing services for inventions of textiles and sewn-items, bags, baby and fashion accessories, unique arts & crafts items, and household inventions. Edie Tolchin regularly provides pro bono presentations for inventors' organizations and trade shows throughout the USA on topics such as "Importing Basics for Inventors™," "Offshore Manufacturing for Inventors™," and on the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act.

For free brochure and literature packet, please contact: EGT Global Trading, P.O. Box 231, Florida, NY 10921 USA. Phone (845) 321-2362 / Fax (845) 651-3214, e-mail: EGT@warwick.net, website: www.egtglobaltrading.com.

Don Debelak, President, DSD Marketing
Don Debelak has over two decades of experience providing assistance to over 70 new products as a consultant and marketing manager for small companies. In addition, he has interviewed over 80 entrepreneurs for his monthly columns for Business Start-Ups and Entrepreneur magazines between 1998 and 2006. Don has also started ventures based on new products including his current one that manufactures and sells particulate filters based on a Danish inventor's new product concept.

Debelak has established himself as a leader in emerging business with columns in Entrepreneur magazine and published books and has been interviewed on national radio shows, Internet shows and has been featured in leading newspapers including the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post.

Debelak's website, www.onestopinventionshop.net, offers assistance to inventors, new businesses and people with ideas through a variety of services from coaching to business plans to evaluations of a company's business model. Debelak's books include:

• Bringing Your Product to Market: Fast Track Approaches for Cashing in on Your Great Idea in Less than A Year
• The Risk-free Entrepreneur: The Idea Person's Guide to Building a Business With Other People's Money
• Entrepreneur Magazine: Bringing Your Product to Market
• Think Big: Nine Ways to Make Millions from Your Ideas
• How to Bring a Product to Market for Less Than $5000

Contact information: Don Debelak, DSD Marketing, P.O. Box 120861 New Brighton, MN 55112, 612-414-4118, 651-773-5866 (fax), dondebelak34@msn.com.

Jill Lublin, CEO, JillLublin.com
With more than 200 speaking engagements across the globe each year, master publicity strategist, Jill Lublin, consistently wows audiences across the world – with her highly entertaining, interactive keynotes, seminars, and special programs on how to be influential and gain the attention of the media. She has been featured on Tony Robbins stage as well as with T. Harv Eker and has spoken at various events with Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, and Richard Simmons.

Jill is the author of the bestselling book, Get Noticed…Get Referrals (McGraw-Hill). She is also the coauthor of two other national bestselling books, Networking Magic which rose to #1 on the Barnes and Noble charts for three weeks, and Guerilla Publicity, which is regarded as the "PR bible."

Jill hosts the TV program, Messages of Hope, and the nationally syndicated radio show, Do the Dream. In addition, she has created a home study system.

Over the past twenty years, she has worked with ABC, NBC, CBS, and other national media. She has also been featured in The New York Times, Inc. Magazine, Women's Day, Fortune Small Business, and Entrepreneur Magazine, and on ABC, NBC, and CBS, radio, and TV nationwide.

Jill trains companies in innovative networking and publicity techniques to consistently increase bottom line results. She also teaches Crash Courses in Publicity across the nation.

For more information about Jill, please visit www.JillLublin.com.

Berny Dohrmann, Chairman, CEO Space

Mr. Dohrmann is Chairman of CEO Space International, the largest support organization for business owners and the inventor of Super Teaching, a title 1 technology for public schools that greatly accelerates retention. Frequently speaking on stages as the guest of nations, and VIP conferences, Berny is a recognized author presently completing his newest book titled, "Redemption, The Cooperative Revolution."

Howard Lim, President, HOW Creative
Howard Lim, also known as the 'Brand Master', has spoken for organizations like INPEX for more than two decades, and to more than 25,000 inventors and business owners on the subject of building Authentic Brands®. Not only does he speak and teach on the subject, he has extensive hands-on practice, resulting in many award-winning solutions and brand value and equity for his clients. Howard has represented and contributed to the branding of such industry leaders as Apple, Disney, Xerox, Honda and others. In addition to being president of HOW Creative, he is also founder of Authentic Brand Academy. He has been featured in media such as the Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Macworld, BRANDWEEK, HOW Magazine, ABC, FOX, and CBS.

Howard, being an inventor himself, has solved problems others could not solve. Many of his innovative solutions have set brands apart, such as:

1. The inaugural launching of DVD movies by Philips Media, at a time when VHS and Beta tapes were the firmly ensconced media standard. We all know how that battle turned out.
2. For ABC Networks, one of the first uses of computerized off-line motion graphics in creating an on-air presence for Saturday mornings (a technological breakthrough that actually changed television viewing forever, and contributed to the birth of motion graphics).
3. Created the first all-digital ad for Fujitsu. It appeared in MAC World and MAC User national magazines. The ad put Fujitsu on the map for removable discs.
4. Crafted the first Wall Street Journal ad for Claris FileMaker; dominated the market in their category.
5. Brand-designed the first lenticular lens CD cover for Cleopatra Records that produced their best-selling CDs and resulted in record profits.
6. Led a team that gave birth to Zylan by launching one of the first graphically integrated websites. The site was also an award-winner.

For more information, visit www.HOWCreative.net.

The Law Firm of Andrea Hence Evans, LLC
The Law Firm of Andrea Hence Evans, LLC is an intellectual property law firm providing patent, trademark and copyright legal services. Owner, Andrea H. Evans, Esq., is a former USPTO Patent Examiner and former USPTO Trademark Examining Attorney. She cuts client's costs by foreseeing issues that someone without her skills and experience would likely overlook. The Firm has successfully prosecuted US accelerated patent applications and the Firm has helped clients secure patents in less than one year. The Law Firm of Andrea Hence Evans, LLC provides novelty search services, responds to USPTO office actions, and drafts and prosecutes patent applications, to name a few. The Firm is currently servicing solo inventors, entrepreneurs, small, medium and Fortune 100 clients in multiple states and multiple countries. Attorney Evans is a member of the Texas bar, US Supreme Court bar and she is a registered patent attorney. Stop by Booth 546 to learn more about being patent pending at the INPEX tradeshow or to schedule a confidential consultation. Visit www.evansiplaw.com for more information about the Firm.

Jan Mink, President, Key Marketing LLC
Marketing of New Inventions: National and International
Consultant for Product Research & Development, including Manufacturing
Consultant for Direct Response Sales, including Television, Print and Internet

Mink has owned and operated an import/export and marketing business for over 32 years. She has successfully marketed numerous product in the Direct Response Marketing venue, including television, catalogs, newspaper advertorials, magazines and Internet.

Mink has been featured in Entrepreneur, Venture Magazine and numerous other publications including Who's Who In American Women in Business. She is on the board of directors of inventor's clubs and is a featured guest speaker and seminar leader. She holds the honor of writing the longest running successful advertorial featured in Today's Sunday Newspaper Magazine and USA Sunday Newspaper Magazine.

Kim Babjak, Founder, KimCo LLC
Kim Babjak, and her team at KimCo LLC, are a multi-faceted product development company that offers a wide range of consulting in the areas of "Mind 2 Market" product & business development.

We help companies with product development, prototyping, and manufacturing overseas and. With our vast retail buyer relationships, we can then assist with the product being placed into electronic retail (QVC), and big box retail outlets like Wal-Mart, Target, Home Depot, Costco and many others.

With over 20+ years of combined retail experience and sourcing overseas, Kim Babjak and her team of professionals can help create successful product creation and placement.