Inventors Bootcamp

Inventor BootCamp Agenda: 9:00 – 10:30 am Introduction to Inventing Process 10:30 – 12:00 pm Prototyping and Manufacturing Break 12:15 – 1:45 pm Crowdfunding and can it help? 1:45 – 3:00 pm Marketing and Selling vs. Licensing 3:00 – 3:30 pm Q and A The Inventor Bootcamp is open to all inventors and product developers. It will cover a number of critical phases in the inventing/manufacturing process. The Bootcamp could save novice and seasoned inventors tens of thousands of dollars in unnecessary expenses. You will learn how to develop, protect and market your invention. You will also learn about the available funding options and how to successfully launch and run a crowdfunding campaign.

Speaker(s): Rita Crompton, FLeCusa International - Over the past thirty years, Ms. Crompton has started, or helped to start, no less than five successful businesses in four distinct and unrelated industries. Because of her superior marketing skills and the business relationships she has established and nurtured in the national marketplace, Ms. Crompton and her company, FLeCusa International, provide a unique service to clients wishing to enter the marketplace or grow their business to a new level, nationally or internationally.During this adventure, Ms. Crompton has delved heavily into crowdfunding and other avenues that challenge inventors as they enter the world of funding/marketing/selling their product. Ray Burrasca, Managing Director, Windom Peaks Capital, LLC; Founder & Organizer of Colorado Crowdfunding Meetup - Mr. Burrasca is a seasoned business professional and senior-level corporate executive with over thirty-five years of experience in the areas of corporate transactions, finance and strategic planning. In a

Co-Sponsor(s): The Inventor Bootcamp is presented by the Southern CO Small Business Development Center in partnership with The Inventors Roundtable™.

Please contact the SBDC main office at 719-549-3224 to make payment arrangements or to pay with credit card by phone. Checks can be made out to SBDC and mailed to SBDC at 121 W. City Center Dr, Suite 150, Pueblo, CO 81003.

Fee: $ 25.00

Registration will be confirmed with payment on a first come, first served basis due to limited seating.