2008 Calendar 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 Thursday of every month Time: 6:00 PM - 6:30 Networking 6:30 PM - 7:30 Featured agenda 7:30 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 Member Share Speaker: Ed Baxter Ed is an AIEA member who will share his experiences on the road to licensing his invention, the CPAP hose boom. about the different techniques to licensing, the seminar inspirations gleaned from the USPTO, independent inventers conference, the mistakes made along the way, the sticking with it, how to avoid legal expenses and do more of the processes oneself. Ed is an accomplished businessman turned inventor and entrepreneur. January 24, 2008, 6:00 - 8:00 pm

February Topic: City of Austin – Emerging Technology Initiative Speaker: Eve Richter In context –Economic Development in Austin Technology Areas Work Plan Resources Available Local State Questions Visit www.austinisit.org for the latest information about our Emerging Technology initiative! Sponsor: Mike Romanies February 28, 2008, 6:00 - 8:00 pm

March Topic: Preparing Your Company's Due Diligence Material Speaker: Sam Thacker A company’s chances of securing equity investment or debt will dramatically increase if the company understands what the investor needs to review, and is prepared to provide it in a well-organized format. List of Due Diligence Material to be discussed: - Company bylaws / organizational agreement - Company minutes / resolutions - Capitalization table - Significant company agreements -employment, consultant, lease, etc - Buy / sell agreements - Copies of any issued patents - Pre-money company valuation analysis - Revenue visibility list - Source and use of funds spreadsheet by quarter - Cash Flow Forecast Most all companies handle this phase of the investment process in a reactive fashion. By preparing company due diligence materials (including pre-post money valuation) ahead of time and making them available in both paper and CD-Rom format, a company will stand out for having strong attention to detail and good record-keeping. Your company will stand out in the crowd. Sponsor: Mike Romanies March 27, 2008, 6:00 - 8:00 pm

April Topic: A Practical Approach to Marketing Research for New Ventures Speaker: Suzanne Kalar, President ProNamix, LLC Market sizing and market validation are two critical steps creating a compelling business case – yet entrepreneurs are often at a loss as to how to gather and present relevant, valid, market information. This session will focus on presenting practical strategies for locating, digesting, and summarizing relevant market data. The presentation will cover topics such as: o properly sizing the total market opportunity and addressable market o low-cost sources of market sizing information o strategies for validating the market (i.e. going beyond the published numbers) o common mistakes in presenting marketing-related information (i.e. declaring your product has a market potential of $9 Trillion) o integrating market projections with sales plans & strategies               Sponsor: Chris Ritchie April 24, 2008, 6:00 - 8:00 pm

Topic: Member Share - Hear how Obonok Technologies is making their way in to the market Speaker: Charlie Li, Jeff Yin With a product under provisional patent hear about the entrepreneurship and product ingenuity the founders went through. Their work is still a work in progress as they continue to add certain features to finalize. Hear how these guys got together and formed a company based on a common belief despite all that was going against them: day job, competition, lack of resources in sales and marketing. Our members will share the same kind of difficulties and challenges with their own products and companies. About Obonok Technologies Obonok Technologies, headquartered in Ningbo Free Trade Zone, China, provides innovative solutions in high-definition audio and video content distribution. One of our core technologies is to use single UTP to extend HDMI 1.2 digital video and audio with HDCP over long distance. Our Blu-WireTM 150 series products provide the most cost effective, high quality and easy to deploy solutions for HD content distribution. Our products have the following advantages over our competitors: 1. Single CAT6 or CAT5e cable to extend 1080p HD audio and video with HDCP to 150 feet; 2. No need for the special cables like STP, or screened CAT6; 3. US patent pending technologies to support uncompressed 1080p with HDCP; 4. No power supply needed at the receiver end. 5. Automatic compensation for cable length, no manual adjustment needed. For more information, please visit our web site at :http://www.hdext.com Sponsor: EC Chi May 22, 2008, 6:00 - 8:00 pm

Topic: Inventor Share: Let's Gel Speaker: Robb McMahan Let’s Gel Corporate Overview Let’s Gel specializes in developing and marketing proprietary consumer products that utilize advanced polymer gel technologies. Let’s Gel focuses on high-end products that have mass market potential and solve significant ergonomic or safety problems. There are tens of millions of floor mats sold every year in the U.S. and for the most part consumers are completely unaware of the brand they are purchasing. Our goal is to establish GelPro Mats as the first widely recognized brand of premium floor mats. To support this goal, GelPro Mats are advertised in approximately 50 of the largest consumer magazines every month. GelPro Mats are consistently featured in Better Homes and Gardens, AARP, Ladies Home Journal, Women’s Day, Architectural Digest, Real Simple, Cooking Light, Bon Appetite and many more. Let’s Gel is planning a cable television campaign in the fourth quarter of 2008 to further support our branding efforts and create pull through demand for our retailing partners.   Sponsor: EC Chi June 26, 2008, 6:00 - 8:00 pm

Topic: Corporate Culture Speaker: Doug Russell   Executive Team Leadership on Corporate Culture AIEA members of course are primarily interested in finding funding for their ideas. But the knowledge workers who will help create and bring to market the IP of the members of AIEA are a very valuable resource and thus need to be managed to "well work" in a supportive culture, while maintaining a high ROI for the company. This briefing, by a engineer and program manager with 25 years in high-tech product development--including Motorola and Intel--will present to us, through anecdotes and examples, a way for knowledge worker leaders to create the right kind of culture for their workers.   Sponsor: Chris Ritchie July 24, 2008, 6:00 - 8:00 pm

Topic: Bye Month and Volunteer Happy Hour Speaker: N/A Summer Break for our normal agenda. Volunteers for the organization need to contact Chris to get the skinny on the Volunteer's Happy Hour location. Hey, any excuse to be happy! Sponsor: Chris Ritchie August 28, 2008, 6:00 - 8:00 pm

Topic: Show me the Money! Speaker: Rick O'Hara Executive Team Leadership on Corporate Culture We’ll be talking about where to look for financing at various stages in a firm’s lifecycle and reviewing funding opportunities from angels, VC’s, federal grants, and SBA loans, with an emphasis on angel funding. We’ll discuss how firms are valued when an investment infusion is made and what angels and VC’s look for in a firm. We’ll discuss liquidity events that angels and VC’s want to see in your plan, such as mergers, acquisitions, and IPOs. We’ll finish up by talking about how to find angel and VC money, and what not to do when looking for money.   Sponsor: Chris Ritchie September 25, 2008, 6:00 - 8:00 pm

Topic: Understanding Industrial Design Services. Speaker: Chuck Springs • What is Industrial Design(ID)?    o Design for form & function    o Optimize manufacture-ability • How to leverage ID to get your product to market    o Design renderings to solicit investors    o Liaison with Manufacturers • Concept to Consumer “Smorgasbord”    o Full Service Design firms can offer turn-key “end to end service”    o Ability to pick and choose exactly those services desired ID-ONE listens to client's needs and provides strategic vision, unyielding service and tangible design that works! We provide industrial design, graphic design, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and embedded software to help your product to market. We are a creative services company offering product design and other product related design services. Based in Austin, Texas—creative capital of the Southwest. We are a focused group of industrial and graphic designers and engineers who have designed a broad variety of products for all kinds of markets from consumer and educational to commercial and industrial. We can envision and realize great products on budget and on time. Sponsor: Chris Ritchie October 23, 2008, 6:00 - 8:00 pm

Topic: By for Thanksgiving November 27, 2008, 6:00 - 8:00 pm

Topic: By for Christmas   December 26, 2008, 6:00 - 8:00 pm