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GRIN Past Events

GRIN Meeting 4/10/2012 6:00 p.m. Inventor Helpers: SCORE, RIGHT PLACE, SBTDC, GROW, MMBDC (flyer)
GRIN Meeting 3/13/2012 6:00 p.m. Business Entity Horror Stories & Successes (flyer)
GRIN Meeting 2/14/2012 6:00 p.m. Local Success Stories - Ethanol Device, Walking Crutch & More (flyer)
GRIN Meeting 1/10/2012 6:00 p.m. Inventors: Recognize Your Strengths and Weaknesses (flyer)
2011 Past Events
GRIN Meeting 12/13/2012 6:00 p.m. Successful Sales Strategies by Dan Luckey & Scott Colquitt (flyer)
GRIN Meeting 11/8/2011 6:00 p.m. "PATENT REFORM ACT OF 2011" discussion from 6-6:30
Incubators Tell Their Stories (flyer)
GRIN Meeting 10/11/2011 6:00 p.m. "Valuing Your Idea" by Rick Adamy and Mike Suman (flyer)
GRIN Meeting 9/13/2011 6:00 p.m. Eleven Tables of FREE Advice (flyer)
GRIN Meeting 8/9/2011 6:00 p.m. "The Perfect Storm" by Bob DeJonge (flyer)
GRIN Meeting 7/12/2011 6:00 p.m. "Grassroots Inventing" by Orville Crain (flyer)
GRIN Meeting 6/14/2011 6:00 p.m. "Hunters - Way Too Much Time To Think" featuring EP Hunting & EP Adventures (flyer)
GRIN Meeting 5/10/2011 6:00 p.m. "Planning Your Pixels - How to approach web projects" by Bill Barton (flyer)
GRIN Meeting 4/12/2011 6:00 p.m. "An Impatient Entrepreneur’s Strategies for Doing Business" by Cynthia Kay (flyer)
GRIN Meeting 3/8/2011 6:00 p.m. Helpful Tools for Budding Inventors & Entrepreneurs by Ralph Allen & “HOW TO BE BAD” How to design around patents (and how to limit the limitations) by Dan Girdwood (flyer) Download the PDF Presentation
GRIN Meeting 2/8/2011 6:00 p.m. "Product Liability - What to Consider So You Don't Get Stung" by Deanna Fridley & Open Discussion Forum - Members Choice, Bring Your Questions (flyer)
GRIN Meeting 1/11/2011 6:00 p.m. “Wrap Your Product Right” by Tiffany DeGraaf & “Seed Invention Into Products & Watch Your Business Grow” by Dan Clark (flyer) (sign-in) Download the PDF Presentation
2010 Past Events
GRIN Meeting 12/14/2010 6:00 p.m. Speakers: Sarah Kallio & Stacey Krastins, Founders of The Stocked Kitchen (flyer)
GRIN Meeting 11/09/2010 6:00 p.m. Speakers: Bill Lowry & Dan Girdwood (flyer)
GRIN Meeting 10/12/2010 6:00 p.m. Hands On Workshop for Inventors (flyer)
GRIN Meeting 9/14/2010 6:00 p.m. Speakers: Paul Hense (Hense & Associates, PC) & Matt Szukalowski (United Parcel Service)
GRIN Meeting 8/10/2010 6:00 p.m. Speaker: Burr Zimmerman (flyer)
Visit Burr's Site to view the Presentation
Innovation MI 2010 7/28/2010 5:30 p.m. Meet Michigan's Innovators (flyer)
GRIN Meeting 7/13/2010 6:00 p.m. Speakers: Brent Hawkins & Tawanna Wright (flyer)
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GRIN Meeting 6/8/2010 6:00 p.m. Speaker: Tim Coffield
Bootstrapping Innovation: A Seed that Can Grow Into a Business
GRIN Meeting May 11, 2010 Members Meeting
GRIN Meeting April 13, 2010 Speaker: Cynthia VanRenterghem & Kerry VerMeulen
So You Invented a Product . . .Now What? (flyer)
GRIN Meeting March 9, 2010 Speaker: Tony Rubleski
How To 'Capture' More Minds & Profits! (flyer)
GRIN Meeting February 9, 2010 Speaker: Tawanna Wright
Turning Your Idea Into a Real Product
GRIN Meeting January 12, 2010 Speaker: Dan Girdwood
Work it Baby!' How to work your Patent - If you even need one!