Calendar 2005 Be involved with the emergence of an organization which will change Austin! The Austin Inventors and Entrepreneurs Association (AIEA) has been formed to offer education, support, and developmental guidance to inventors and entrepreneurs who have unique ideas. -- Join us! January February March April May June July August September October November December Click on the month for details When: 4th Wednesdays of the month Time: 7:00 PM - 8:00 Featured agenda 8:00 PM - Join us for a happy hour social at Cool River Location: Austin Public Library - Milwood Branch (behind Cool River) 12500 Amherst Drive Austin, Tx 78727 Should an individual or an organization consider presenting at one of our monthly programs. Please send your request to info2222@austininventors2222.org.

January Topic: AIEA Business Meeting Speakers: Jesse Redman, Chris Ritchie Association business meeting covers the 2005 calendar, association leadership and volunteer needs. January 26, 2005, 7:00 - 8:00 pm

February Topic: What resources are available to Austin inventors and entrepreneurs? Speaker: Alan Lish, Professor of marketing and entrepreneurship in the School of Management and Business of St. Edward's University in Austin, TX Alan will discuss various resources for inventors and entrepreneurs in Austin, and the concepts you need in order to build a company. Alan Lish is the founder and president of iMediaplus, Inc., a firm that has provided marketing and strategic services to specialty retailers nationwide since 1987. Those services include Web and Web content, catalog and direct mail, e-commerce and auction solutions uniquely optimized for specific vertical markets, as well as integration with existing legacy systems. He has been involved in retailing, technology and marketing for over 25 years, and has worked as a vendor and consultant to dozens of specialty retailers from boat dealers to golf stores to ski and snowboard shops. Working primarily with national retail buying groups and franchise groups, Mr. Lish has lectured on integrating technology into a business's marketing mix, and using technology to improve customer relations and retention. He has been involved in over a dozen start-ups over the years, and consults with businesses on marketing issues and strategies. Mr. Lish has an MS from the University of Texas at Austin in science and technology commercialization, and a BA from Case-Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH. He is a professor of marketing and entrepreneurship in the School of Management and Business of St. Edward's University in Austin, TX. He has won the George Kozmetsky Award from the University of Texas, and an Addy Award for excellence in print advertising from the Corpus Christi, TX Advertising Federation. February 23, 2005, 7:00 - 8:00 pm

March Topic: Early stage start-up and product development experiences Speaker: Mike Romanies & General Membership This month we will have a member lead discussion on early stage start-up and product development experiences. Member Mike Romanies will be presenting on the topic from his experience then we will open discussion to the general membership in an open forum. March 23, 2005, 7:00 - 8:00 pm

April Topic: What the ABJ is and how to work with the Press Speaker: John Egan, Austin Business Journal Mr. Egan from the Austin Business Journal will make a short presentation about the ABJ and how best the engage with the press. There will be an open Q & A session immediately following. April 27, 2005, 7:00 - 8:00 pm

May Topic: Business Plans Dr. James Nolen, Professor of the graduate Entrepreneurial Harvest class, University of Texas in Austin, Texas What makes a great business plan? Jim Nolen received his B.B.A. and M.B.A. from The University of Texas at Austin. He has taught multiple sections of both the undergraduate and graduate small business finance classes since 1980. Current classes include two sections of the graduate Small Business Finance class and one section of the graduate Entrepreneurial Harvest class. His research and teaching interests include corporate finance, business valuation, mergers and acquisitions, entrepreneurship and capital formation for private enterprises. He lectures regularly in Executive Education and Management Development Programs on financial topics for companies such as TI, Dell, Freescale, Shell Oil, MD Anderson, Essilor and State Farm Insurance. Jim Nolen brings practical business experience from operating his own businesses, providing financial consulting services to privately held companies and serving on the board of directors of small and middle-sized firms. He served as Associate Director of The Center for Small And Middle-Sized Enterprises and The Community Minority Business Advancement Program for over 10 years May 25, 2005, 7:00 - 8:00 pm

June Topic: Intellectual Property Speaker: Michael A. Davis, Jr. For almost 15 years, Michael Davis has represented clients in a comprehensive array of technology transactions and intellectual property matters for developing, protecting and commercializing technology, including several venture-backed technology clients. The Austin Business Journal named Mr. Davis as one of Austin's 3 best attorneys in the field of "Technology/Intellectual Property" law (Best of Business Law 2004). He is a past President of the Austin Intellectual Property Law Association. Mr. Davis serves as General Counsel of multiple clients, including StarCore, LLC (www.starcore-dsp.com), which is a joint venture (co-owned by Freescale Semiconductor, Infineon Technologies, and Agere Systems) that develops and licenses digital signal processor technology. Previously, he was a lead attorney for IBM at the Somerset PowerPC Microprocessor Design Center, which was a key strategic alliance between IBM, Motorola and Apple. In 2004, Gov. Rick Perry appointed Mr. Davis to the Texas Product Development & Small Business Incubator Board, which governs up to $45 million in economic development incentives for products and businesses in the fields of semiconductors, nanotechnology, biotechnology, and biomedicine. In patent matters, his experience covers business methods, software, Internet, video/audio standards (e.g., MPEG, JPEG, Dolby AC-3), digital & analog circuitry, microprocessor design, and semiconductor manufacturing. He has personally drafted or supervised several hundred original United States patent applications. In community matters, Mr. Davis is a member of Leadership Austin (class of 2004-2005), and he was founding Chair of the MIT Enterprise Forum of Austin. Also, he writes the weekly patent column for Austin Business Journal. Mr. Davis earned his B.S. in engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center. June 22, 2005, 7:00 - 8:00 pm

July Topic: Everything Inventions and Patents Speaker: Mary Russell Sarao and Barbara Russell Pitts Mary Russell Sarao and Barbara Russell Pitts are authors of “The Everything Inventions and Patents Book,” to be published in February 2006 by Adams Media. Mary has also written two popular e-books, “Super Easy Guide to Step-by-Step Patent Searching Online” and “Create a Compelling Presentation for your Invention,” that are offered without cost to visitors to their website, www.asktheinventors.com. Additionally, they have written for the United Inventors’ Association Newsletter and for the Texas Inventors’ Association Website, www.txinventors.com. As successful inventors and recognized experts on the subject, they have lectured extensively on the different areas of inventing and marketing at seminars, workshops and organizations around the country as well as appearing on radio and television talk shows. In 2001, they were featured inventors in the documentary film, “The Big Idea.” They have served on the board of directors of the United Inventors Association and are both current board members of the Texas Inventors’ Association. In July 2003, they were the subject of an article in the Dallas Morning News about their passion for assisting novice inventors that was picked up by the wire services and carried in newspapers nationwide. Mary and Barbara both reside in the Dallas area. July 27, 2005, 7:00 - 8:00 pm

Aug Topic: Patent Quality - Congress's Proposals for Patents and Patent Prosecution. Speaker: O'Lene Stone, District Director, Congressman Lamar Smith O'Lene Stone has been District Director for Congressman Lamar Smith for 12 years, assisting the Congressman in providing constituent services to the more than 650,000 residents of the five-county district he serves. Stone supervises Congressman Smith's district offices in Austin and San Antonio. A native of West Texas, Stone previously was a political journalist, working for 21 years for the San Antonio Light newspaper. Congressman Smith is Chairman of the House Subcommittee on the Courts, Internet and Intellectual Property and is a senior member of the Committee on Homeland Security, the House Judiciary Committee and the Science Committee. He also serves on the House Ethics Committee and the House Steering Committee that appoints Members of Congress to committee positions. http://judiciary.house.gov/oversight.aspx?ID=143 http://judiciary.house.gov/oversight.aspx?ID=148 http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearing.cfm?id=1475 August 24, 2005, 7:00 - 8:00 pm

Sep Topic: From Brain to Bank: How to take your idea from concept to a product on the shelves. Sylvia Acevedo, award winning CEO, shares the secrets of success to create and market your ideas for profit. Speaker: Sylvia Acevedo Sylvia Acevedo, a ground-breaking rocket-scientist turned CEO, has unleashed innovation and outmaneuvered competitors to dominate the marketplace. Now heading up her third company, CommuniCard is taking the building industry by storm, and is quickly expanding to essential services such as healthcare and police. Sylvia Acevedo and CommuniCard have been the recipient of the following awards. * "Business Woman of the Year" 2004, US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce * ³Small Business of the Year² 2005, Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. BiG Austin, Creative Business of the Year, 2005 Texas Business of the Year, Aguila Award, 2005 Before starting her most recent business, CommuniCard LLC, she successfully started and sold Reba Technology with 3 other founders where she was Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Her engineering degrees are from Stanford University (Master¹s) and New Mexico State (Bachelor¹s) where she graduated with Honors and served on the Board of Regents. September 28, 2005, 7:00 - 8:00 pm

Oct Topic: Action Planning for Venture Development Speaker: Darius Mahdjoubi Dr. Darius Mahdjoubi is a Scholar at the Innovation, Creativity and Capital (IC2) Institute of The University of Texas at Austin, and an Adjunct Professor of entrepreneurship at St. Edward's University. Darius has an Interdisciplinary Ph.D. degree from The University of Texas at Austin. His dissertation is entitled "Knowledge, Innovation and Entrepreneurship" which he conducted under the mentorship of the late Dr. George Kozmetsky.     October 26, 2005, 7:00 - 8:00 pm

Nov Topic: Is Your Product Worthy of Creation? A discussion of elements that lead to decisions on which product ideas to develop & which to discard Speaker: Terry Jones A discussion of the qualitative elements that should be addressed during the decision process of an inventor or product developer to decide if the product in question deserves the investment of time & capital required to design, develop, protect & launch the product. The premise for this discussion is based upon the development of functional, not fashion or fad products. November 16, 2005, 7:00 - 8:00 pm

Dec - this topic will be deferred to 2006 to allow for the networking event Topic: Cash is King Speaker: Jack Locy Financial spreadsheet tips for high tech business plans. The natural flow of data from the Revenue Plan, to the P&L, to the Blanace Sheet and Source and Uses of Cash (really Funds) are much easier to visualize and implement with the workbook model available in Excel and others. Jack is a seasoned CFO who shares his insights and experiences with regard to the ins and outs of startup financials. Jack has been active in the Austin startup community for years. He has a long and impressive career but here are some highlights: Bachelors in Electrical Engineering from UT MBA from the University of Michigan. He enjoyed Positions with GE, TRW, TI, and a variety of venture capital partnerships in Dallas and Austin. CEO and Chairman for Teccor Electronics who he took public. Chairman and President of Centurion Computers (a division of EDS) Served on the board of directors for four national banks. Active in technology-based companies for 20 years Served as CFO and/or board of directors for 12 companies CFO for Crossroad Systems Director of UT Technology Development and Transfer Conducted a technical entrepreneurship courses in the UT College of Engineering December 14, 2005, 7:00 - 8:00 pm