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‘Invented In Utah’ Elevates Utah Inventors

‘Invented in Utah’ is pleased to announce that it has garnered over $55,000 in inventor supporting services to be awarded to ‘Invented in Utah’ finalists. Finalists are selected from a field of applicants through a series of presentation and judging rounds. Applications will be accepted until January 31, 2009 at midnight. Visit www.inventedinUtah.com for event and submission details.

Regardless of how far the inventor progresses in the competition portion of the event, each will be afforded the opportunity to attend Coaching Sessions designed to EDUCATE and CONNECT with needed expertise and resources. This was of vital importance to Jason Budge, last year’s 3rd place finalist: “You rub shoulders with many people that have the potential of becoming a key person on the team, or who can connect you with key resources to help you achieve success."

Chris Eyring, the 2nd place award recipient stated “The entire experience left me with the feeling that someone does care about what an inventor has put his/her time into. The emotional attitude of the judges really motivated me to try harder and stick with my product.”

It is anticipated that Coaching Sessions will be held on morning of January 17, 2009 at venue to be announced and that the following topics will be presented:

What do Venture Capitalists Look For (Utah Fund of Funds)

How to Bootstrap your Product into the Market (PowerStream)

Managing Cost from Ideation through Manufacturing (EGI)

Branding with a Purpose (ThinkBox Design Marketing)

Business Plan and Financial Templates - Launching with a Plan (Funding Universe)

Innovation in Action: Delivering on Undiscovered Needs (Rocketship)

An Inventor's Guide to Navigating Patents, Trademarks, Trade Secrets, Regulatory Compliance, and Litigation (Bateman IP Law Group & Workman Nydeggar)

Enhance your Style, Promote your Vision, Reach new Customers and Meet your Budget (Spin Media Marketing)

Klymit, Invented in Utah’s 2008 1st place award recipient stated: “‘Invented in Utah’ really helped us hone our presentation skills, and anticipate questions that we would later receive from investors, customers, and reporters.” 'Invented in Utah' is becoming Utah's premier inventor ELEVATING initiative. Visit www.InventedInUtah.com for details and to see Governor Huntsman's video.

Schedule of Event

17 January 2008:   General Coaching Sessions

31 January 2009:   Applications close @ 12 midnight

February TBA:   Top 25 only coaching sessions

14 March 2009:   Top 25 Judging Round - Top 10 Advance

28 March 2009:   Top 10 Judging Round - Top 3 advance

9 April 2009:   Final Judging Gala

‘Invented in Utah’ is pleased to note that all three 2008 finalist continue to develop their inventions and are at various stages of development and commercialization; check out their progress at www.inventedinutah.com.

Contact: Chris Phipps, 801.830.2662, chris@rocketshipdesign.com or Michael Horito, 801.373.1922, michael@rocketshipdesign.com

 
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