2011 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! When: 1st Wednesday 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: No meeting this month Speaker: None AIEA Advisory Board Meeting       Sponsor: Chris Ritchie January 4, 2012, 6:00 - 8:00 pm

February Topic: From Idea to Innovation: How to build the right design team for the right process Speaker: Brooke M Davis, IDSA Davis is a former professor of Industrial Design at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette where she taught product development process for many years. Her specialties included teaching creative thinking & technical application in the design studio, materials and processes, rapid prototyping, CNC, and furniture design. Davis left teaching to come to Austin and follow her passion of creating a business that could bring all of these resources to those wishing to understand better how to create their ideas. She is owner and founder of make+SHift atx. make+SHift is the premier design on-demand (DoD) shop for product developers in Texas. Providing small businesses with a complete package offering design consulting support, work space, prototying services and classes to advance professional development all in one space. Catering to the Product Develpoment Community, Make+SHift is the only business in Texas that offers all of these design resources under one roof. Make+SHift ‘s mission is to address the needs of today’s product development community in a confidential environment by providing them with creative solutions to help aid in their design process.   Sponsor: Chris Ritchie February 1, 2012, 6:00 - 8:00 pm

March Topic: Intellectual Property (IP) - Patent Considerations Speaker: Robert Villhard Bob is a Rocket Scientist turned Patent Attorney*. Bob brings his NASA-can-do attitude to solving IP related issues. He possesses 10 years of patent preparation and prosecution experience coupled with over 15 years of engineering and management experience. Bob has written over 100 patent applications, prosecuted hundreds more, and successfully appealed applications for universities, established corporations, entrepreneurs, start-up companies, and other clients. In addition he has helped clients design around existing patents, performed non-infringement analyses, and supervised other Intellectual Property Attorneys. He has also managed patent portfolios and mined projects for potentially patentable inventions for Fortune 100 Companies. Moreover, Bob's extensive engineering and managerial experience includes work on the Space Station and Space Shuttle projects (among other NASA related projects). He also served as an Internal Research and Development (IRAD) Manager and flew in zero-gravity. He possesses several patents and patent applications of his own. In addition, he managed a rocket research laboratory at the Johnson Space Center. * Registered to practice Patent Law throughout the United States. Member of the California and Missouri Bar Associations.   Sponsor: Dawn May March 1, 2012, 6:00 - 8:00 pm

April Topic: Protecting You Idea Speaker: Sean Flammer When business relationships sour, people call litigation lawyers. Sean Flammer is a litigation attorney at the Austin firm of Scott, Douglass & McConnico, LLP. He wants entrepreneurs to know some of the mistakes he’s seen people make so that they can avoid making those same mistakes. Sean represents a wide variety of individuals, business entities, legal professionals, and insurers in complex commercial litigation. He practices in both state and federal court and practices both trial and appellate litigation. He represents plaintiffs and defendants. Representative cases include: Represented a technology firm against a competitor and associated individuals in a case involving unfair competition, misappropriation of trade secrets, and alter ego claims. Represented a start-up technology firm in litigation with a manufacturer. The case involved fraud and breach of contract and ultimately settled favorably for the client. Second-chaired an arbitration where the parties disputed the right to over $10 million. Sean is currently representing an individual and two European entities in defending suit involving breach-of-fiduciary duty claims. Sean has also represented business entities and individuals in cases involving negligence and premises liability. Before joining Scott, Douglass & McConnico, Sean clerked for the Honorable Phyllis A. Kravitch on the U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit—a Federal appellate court. And before entering law school, Sean was a middle-school and high-school teacher as part of Teach for America. As a teacher—on a daily basis—he communicated complex ideas in a simple, understandable way. Sean believes this experience was invaluable in making him a better lawyer. Sean graduated from the University of Texas School of Law with high honors and was selected to the Order of the Coif, a distinction given to those who graduate in the top 10% of their class. Sean was also on Law Review. He has been named a 2012 “Rising Star” by Texas Super Lawyers and Texas Monthly. Sponsor: Dawn May April 5, 2012, 6:00 - 8:00 pm

May Topic: eDNA Speaker: Jana Owen   Why do 121,000 businesses fail every day? Answer: People start and run businesses without understanding how they are uniquely built as an entrepreneur. Do you REALLY know how your strengths and weaknesses are affecting your business? Why do 121,000 businesses fail every day? Have you ever followed someone else’s ‘best practices’ or ‘success formula’ only to have it not work for you? Until you Discover your Entrepreneurial DNA, you will not fully understand how to utilize the strategies best suited for you. Stop wasting enormous amounts of time, frustration, and money. Learn your eDNA.   Sponsor: Chris Ritchie May 3, 2012, 6:00 - 8:00 pm

June Topic: Are you a Pirate or a Patriot? Marketing Execution Speaker: Elizabeth Quintanilla Elizabeth is a positive, people-oriented, and performance-driven Marketing Gunslinger, collaborator, consultant, and speaker who focuses on understanding the customer perspective, while consulting on a variety of topics, which include web technologies and strategies, social business and media, product management and marketing. She listens to her client's customer pains and creates methodical solutions focused on their marketing needs. As part of her collaborative engagements, she has helped her clients with: market research, identifying and gathering stakeholders with their inputs, developing messaging and social channel strategies, and understanding the impact of emerging business trends and their implications for her customers. Elizabeth actively serves as a City of Austin Commissioner on the Austin Community Technology and Telecommunications Commission. Previously, Elizabeth has volunteered as a Board Member of ProductCamp Austin and a Social Media Ambassador for the Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (GAHCC). In her limited spare time, she enjoys flying gliders, scuba diving, and triathlons. Follow her on Twitter: @equintanilla June 7, 2012, 6:00 - 8:00 pm July Topic: Product Inception to Market = Lossons Learned Speaker: Steve Fridley, his company, Defender Innovations, Inc. Bringing a product from inception to market can seem extraordinarily daunting, especially if funding is tight. - Do I manufacture my product or license my invention? - Do I fund it myself or look for investors? - I'll relate my personal experiences from the time that my product was just an idea to market launch. - Patent process, marketing, supply chain - The emotional rollercoaster of funding and bringing a product all the way to market. Bio: Steve has always been a do-it-yourself individual which has been the catalyst in developing his creative side and building a "can do" attitude. From a young age, he cultivated a passion for building it better and easier. He holds a degree in Mechanical Technology as well as a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from U.T. Austin. Steve says "I never fit into the mold of a typical engineer or a corporate businessman. I felt stifled and my creative energies took a backseat to the corporate lifestyle." Upon leaving the comfort and security of the private sector, Steve's creative side was finally unleashed. His new company, Patriot Manufacturing, L.L.C. is the culmination of that pent up creative energy. His first product design, BeamLOKR for Shotgun has received a resounding "thumbs up" in the market place.     Sponsor: Chris Ritchie July 5, 2012, 6:00 - 8:00 pm   August Topic: Product Design Speaker: Redza Shah       We are a highly dedicated, skilled group of engineers and designers with a passion for product design and development. With years of experience in consumer and commercial product design, our staff understands what it takes to bring your idea to fruition. Our primary goal is to be a valuable member of your product development team and to develop a lasting, mutually-beneficial business relationship. We can fit whatever role is required of us, from project management, to turnkey design services, to vendor and manufacturing support. Let us work with you to turn your product concept into reality. Whatever your needs may be, we can make it happen!     August 2, 2012, 6:00 - 8:00 pm September Topic: TBD Speaker: TBD TBD     Sponsor: Chris Ritchie September 6, 2011, 6:00 - 8:00 pm     October Topic: TBD Speaker: TBD TBD   October 4, 2012, 6:00 - 8:00 pm November Topic: TBD Speaker: TBD TBD   November 1, 2012, 6:00 - 8:00 pm   December Topic: TBD Speaker: TBD   TBD           Sponsor: TBD December 6, 2012, 6:00 - 8:00 pm