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4/19/08: Inventing Basics:
Getting Started As an Independent Inventor
5/17/08: Wikinomics and Mass Collaboration
6/21/08: Financial Planning for Business Owners
7/19/08: to be announced
8/16/08: Windows Maintenance and Computer Troubleshooting
9/20/08: The Lightglove Virtual Controller
10/18/08: Choosing the Legal Structure for Your Business
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Capital PC User Group (CPCUG)
Entrepreneurs and Consultants SIG (E&C SIG)
Saturday, April 19, 2008, 12:45-3:15 pm
o 12:45 pm Check-in
o 1:00 pm Program
o 3:15 pm Networking
Cleveland Park Library, 1st Floor, Large Meeting Room
3310 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
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INVENTING BASICS:
Getting Started As an Independent Inventor
Speaker: David Whiteis
Microsoft Certified Networking Engineer, BubbleRings.com
You've got a great idea for an invention--what's next? Inventor David
Whiteis will give us an overview of the process of getting an independent
invention to market. His talk will include information on how to evaluate
and protect your idea, how and when to create a prototype, and how to
publicize and license or sell an invention.
Speaker: David Whiteis is a local inventor who sold his first patent to a
subsidiary of Microsoft in 1998. He works full time as a computer
networking engineer, while continuing to work part time on inventing and
developing new products. He has also been involved with helping other
people interested in creating new inventions and obtaining patents.
David is a Microsoft Certified Networking Engineer, currently working at a
local pharmaceutical firm. His first patent was for a method of
recommending music to individuals based on the music they already enjoy,
much like the LAST.FM Web system. He may be better known for making it to
the final 24 during season 1 of the ABC TV show _American Inventor_. His
invention: a jewelry box that takes a short video of a woman's reaction
when she first sees her diamond engagement ring. His current inventing
efforts include perfecting and trying to get to market a line of
underwater toys.
For more information on David's inventing efforts, visit
http://www.BubbleRings.com.
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Cleveland Park Library, 1st Floor, Large Meeting Room
3310 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
(west side, between Macomb and Newark Streets)
Metrorail: Cleveland Park Subway Station, Red Line
Connecticut Avenue, NW
Just 1.5 blocks north of meeting site
Parking: Street
See Web site for more information about CPCUG's Entrepreneurs and
Consultants SIG:
http://entrepreneur.cpcug.org/
Registration: via e-mail to Barbara Conn, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This event is free and open to all, but advance registration is
very useful for event planning.
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Future FREE CPCUG E&C SIG Events:
Saturday, May 17, 2008, 1:00-3:15 pm
HOW *WE* ARE SMARTER THAN *ME*:
An In-Depth Look Into Mass Collaboration and a
Review of Don Tapscott's Book _Wikinomics_
Speaker: Julia Loughran, President, ThoughtLink, Inc.
Saturday, June 21, 2008, 1:00-3:15 pm
FINANCIAL PLANNING FOR BUSINESS OWNERS
Brian Thomas, CFP, Financial Advisor,
Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.
Saturday, July 19, 2008, 1:00-3:15 pm
Topic and Speaker: To Be Announced
Saturday, August 16, 2008, 1:00-3:15 pm
WINDOWS MAINTENANCE AND COMPUTER TROUBLESHOOTING
Speaker: Dennis Courtney, President, CPCUG
Saturday, September 20, 2008, 1:00-3:15 pm
THE LIGHTGLOVE VIRTUAL CONTROLLER:
On the Journey From Inventor's Dream to Market
Speaker: MG Howard, CEO, Lightglove
Saturday, October 18, 2008, 1:00-3:15 pm
CHOOSING THE LEGAL STRUCTURE FOR YOUR BUSINESS
Panelists: Jina Etienne, CPA (and others)
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Barbara Conn, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Capital PC User Group (CPCUG) "Users Helping Users"
Chair, CPCUG Entrepreneurs and Consultants SIG
http://entrepreneur.cpcug.org/
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CPCUG E&C SIG FREE Event Registration: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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