Resources

If you aren't currently participating in one or more business groups or Inventor / Entrepreneur Clubs in your area, we highly recommend that you find and join one of these groups. In addition to presentations offered by many pre-screened professionals and service providers in the industry, these groups provide an excellent forum for networking and learning from others.

Below are just a few groups we continue to actively participate in. For a complete list of groups across the country, visit the United Inventors Association Website.

Inventor and Entrepreneur Clubs

Juneau County Inventor and Entrepreneur Club	www.iandeclub.com	Terry Whipple
Inventors Association of Arizona, Inc.	www.azinventors.org	Tim Crawley
Edison Inventors Association, Inc	www.edisoninventors.org	Gary Nelson
Tampa Bay Inventors Council	www.tbic.us	Wayne Rasanen
Chicago 1st Black Inventors/Entrepreneurs Organization	www.cfbieo.org	Calvin Flowers
Innovators' Resource Network	www.IRNetwork.org	Dave and Caryl Cormier
Inventors Council of Mid Michigan	www.inventorscouncil.org	Alex Kiwior
Inventors' Association of Metropolitan Detroit	No website available	Frank Wales
Inventors Club of America	No website available	Jim White
Inventors' Network (Mpls./St.Paul)	www.inventorsnetwork.org	Jack Smith Roger L. Belfay
Minnesota Inventors Congress	www.minnesotainventorscongress.org	Deb Hess
Houston Inventors Association	www.inventors.org	Otto Glaser
Inventors Network of Wisconsin	www.inventors-network.org	Toby Andropolis
Inventors Council of Cincinnati	http://www.inventcinci.org/	Jackie Diaz
Inventors Association of New England	http://www.inventne.org/contact.html	Robert Hausslein

Additional Resources and Business Groups

Jules F. Knapp Entrepreneurship Center - University Technology Park at IIT, Chicago	http://knappcenter.iit.edu/
Business Network Chicago	http://bnchicago.org/
MITEF Chicago (MIT Enterprise Forum)	http://mitefchicago.org
Big Idea Forum (Chicago)	www.bigideaforum.org	Jason Jacobsohn
Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center	http://www.chicagolandec.org/ content/about-us/default.asp	David Weinstein

Service Provider Partners

As you are building your business, you may be finding that you are unsure of how to choose various providers for various services. We have listed a few of our trusted partners that we highly recommend. Contact us today for an introduction to any of the following providers that may be able to assist you with your IP needs, product development, packaging, finance and manufacturing needs.

Brannen Law Office – Nick Brannen	The Brannen Law Office practices exclusively in the field of intellectual property law. Patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets are our primary focus.
Valterra Products Inc	Valterra Products is a 100% U.S. owned and managed company offering Contract Manufacturing Services including machining, fabrication and welding, injection molding and extrusion, packaging and import / export shipping operations, and much more. Valterra is headquartered in the Mission Hills area of Los Angeles, California - with their primary manufacturing facilities in Tijuana, Mexico.
Wisconsin Pharmacal Company / Lake Consumer Products	Wisconsin Pharmacal Company is an FDA and EPA registered manufacturer of OTC topical pharmaceuticals, and sanitizers – with a reputation built on more than 100 years of manufacturing experience. Wisconsin Pharmacal Company, along with their subsidiary company, Lake Consumer Products, is dedicated to providing their customers with dependable production and high quality products in a wide range of industries and markets, and brings the expertise and understanding of manufacturing and selling branded products.
EMD Technologies	EMD Technologies provides a full range of engineering services in electronic hardware, software and mechanical design. Their teams provide over 100 years of combined experience with solving design, production start up and manufacturing problems.
Broadpeak Collaborative	BroadPeak is a professional services firm that assists emerging and middle market companies to raise capital and create infrastructure that supports growth that ultimately facilitate strategic transitions and transactions.
The Peakstone Group	The Peakstone Group (TPG) is a private mergers and acquisitions firm focused on emerging and lower middle market companies. TPG was founded on the belief that business owners desire high quality advice from talented and experienced professionals. TPG specializes in selling businesses, assisting buyers in acquiring businesses and providing strategic alternatives advice.