Houston Inventors Association

"Inventors Helping Inventors"
Since 1983

Headquarters
2916 West T. C. Jester Blvd.
Suite 100
Houston, Texas 77018
Phone: (713) 686-7676
Fax: (713) 686-7676

Meetings are held at:

Bayland Community Center
6400 Bissonnet St.
Houston, TX 77074
(Inside Bayland Park)
(1 Blk west of Hillcroft)
(click Google Map For Directions)
Telephone Contacts
Otto Glaser - 713-896-9935
Al Muller - 281-480-4461
Hilmar Lassberg - 281-870-1075
Ken Roddy - 713-686-7676

Meetings: 7:00pm - 9:00pm - 2nd and 4th Wednesday each month (No meetings in Dec.)
Networking - 6:15 - 7:00pm and after the speaker.
Scheduled Speakers and Topics
TIME TO RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP ($45) Bring your checkbook
or to pay online with a credit card, check transfer, or PayPal, Click Here
To print a mail-in Membership Form Click Here (requires Adobe Acrobat)

Wednesday July 8, 2009 7:00 P.M.
William C. McHenry, of www.Entrepreneursales.com. Entrepreneur Services provides resources that aren't readily available to inventors and entrepreneurs: Sales, Marketing, Design, Product Development, and Business services.

The following day, Thursday the 9th, from 9 am-5 pm at the MARRIOTT WESTCHASE, Bill will offer 50 minute "One-On-One" sessions for individuals at $115/session, and at 7 pm, will offer a group "Question and Answer" session for $30/per person in groups of 10 or more. (Note: The Thursday meeting is not an official HIA meeting, there is a charge for attendance, and registration in advance is appreciated) Click here for details and to register for the Thursday sessions.

OPPORTUNITY FOR FEMALE INVENTORS
Milojo Productions (brainchild of Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos) is now casting women (18 and over) with fabulous ideas and great personalities from across America for a new series. The show, set to air on The Learning Channel (TLC ), takes a selected female inventor through the journey of realizing their dream. It's an opportunity to get your product developed, manufactured, marketed, and finally sold on The Home Shopping Network (HSN).

Video submissions are being accepted until the last week of June For More Information Go to:
milojo.com/casting/Casting OR gotcast.com/casting-calls OR contact: Justin Moodle at jmoodley@gotcast.com

Wednesday July 22, 2009 7:00 P.M.
Martin Scheid, partner at The Forte Group, LLC, a Houston consulting network of senior business executives committed to helping owners of small and medium-sized businesses realize their full potential by assisting in business planning, process improvement, procedures development, staffing, finance, sales, marketing, and succession planning.

Wednesday August 12, 2009 5:00 P.M.
Invention Tradeshow! Starts at 5:00 PM. We will be joined by representatives from the U of H SBDC and other local groups that help inventors with all kinds of services. If you want to display your invention, Click here for details and forms. (requires Adobe Acrobat)

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Online Trade Show For Buyers of New Inventions
Manufacturers, retail store buyers, product scouts, investors, direct response television companies, and potential licensees....
Looking for new products?

We have joined independent inventors and inventor organizations across the U.S. together to provide an online website where buyers can review a very large number of new products and inventions in their particular field of interest all at one location. Check it out...
Online Tradeshow For New Inventions

Inventors...If you have a website, we will provide a link to it, or if you need a webpage we can set up a simple one for you. The other organizations also provide webpages, and you can get a webpage on their site as an alternative to (or in addition to) a webpage on our site.

Other Inventor Groups:
United Inventors Association of the USA - A national organization of inventor groups.

Texas Inventors Association (Dallas/Plano)

San Antonio Inventor & Entrepreneurs Group

Austin Inventors and Entrepreneurs Association

Amarillo Inventors Association

Inventors Club of K.C.
(way to go CJ!)

Rocky Mountain Inventors Association

Inventors Network of the Capital Area - D.C.

Inventors' Alliance - San Francisco Bay Area.

Inventors Society of South Florida

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