This Week in HQ:

• 🎥 Main Event: Turn Your Invention Into a Business — with the SBA
  📆 Tuesday, July 29 @ 8 PM ET → Watch in the app or across Social

• 🤝 Then Stick Around: NIC After-Event Networking on Zoom
  📆 Tuesday, July 29 @ 9:15 PM ET → Link inside the app

• 💬 InventorChat: Got a win, question, or idea? Post it now at InventorChat.com

• 🎉 Welcome New Members: Arlene, J.J., John T., Tiff T., & more

• 🌟 Community Spotlight: Meet Dr. Tina, inventor of the Brush Refresher

• 💡 Inventor Tip: Think Like a Company when you pitch your product

• 🎤 Replay Posted: Watch Inventors Got Talent 2025 - Meet the winners!

• 🎓 Young Inventors: See the 2024 Challenge winners on the Got Invention Show

• 🎙️ Podcast Drop: Inventor Spotlight Ep. 16 with Deanna Ratnikova is now live

• 📸 Profile Boost: Add your photo in the app → DM us for a thank-you gift

• 🗓️ Inventor History: July 28, Typewriter patented in 1868 by C.L. Sholes

• 🌐 Reminder: The Inventor Smart App is open 24/7 → app.inventorsmart.com

🎥 This Week’s Main Event:

Turn Your Invention Into a Business — with the SBA
📅 Tuesday, July 29 | 🕗 8:00 PM ET | 🌐 Livestreamed Everywhere

What if the next big step for your invention... was getting real business support and funding?
This Tuesday night, join us for a special livestream with Paul Fitzpatrick, Associate Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Office of Entrepreneurial Development. You’ll learn how to work with the SBA to turn your ideas into a sustainable business, and how to access real resources like grants, loans, and mentorship.

🔗 Watch Live on Your Favorite Platform:

• YouTube

• LinkedIn

• Facebook

• Inventor Smart App »

💡 What You’ll Learn:

• What the SBA is, and how it can help you

• How to get funding, loans, and grants

• How to build a real business step-by-step

• Practical actions you can take immediately

🎯 Perfect for: Inventors, entrepreneurs, and anyone with a product or prototype ready to grow.

🤝 Then Stick Around For…

National Inventor Club: After Meeting Networking Mixer
📅 Tuesday, July 29 | 🕤 9:15 PM ET | 📍 Live on Zoom

Got follow-up questions? Want to meet others who tuned in?
Join us right after the livestream for our Inventor Networking Mixer — exclusively in the Inventor Smart Community.
Swap insights, share progress, and meet other inventors from across the country.

🔗 Join Zoom Meeting »
📄 View Event in the App »

Got an idea, question, or win to share?

Jump into InventorChat.com - your 24/7 inventor hangout to talk shop, ask anything, share progress, and connect with fellow creators who get it. Whether you’re prototyping, pitching, or just brainstorming your next big thing, this is the space to keep momentum going between events. It’s free, it’s buzzing, and your voice is missing.

🎉 Welcome to the Inventor Smart Community!

This week, we’re excited to welcome new inventors from both our Inventor Smart App and our Inventor Chat Forum. Whether you're just getting started or deep in development, we’re glad you’re here.

New App Members:

• Mitch

• Patrick

• crunk336

• pudzco

• infoSeeker007

• Alan ("Mr. Bill")

• Traci J – @tracijful

• RonB – @exodesign

• Elaine Jackson – @ElaineJacksonPMP

• George Hamm – @George

• ThomasW – @rontom

New Inventor Chat Members:

• angelfun2002

• Rhettro74

• patenttending

• Bob.s

• Yogesh_Yelewad

🛠️ Take a moment to update your profile, add a photo, and let us know what you’re building.
💬 Start a conversation inside the app or at InventorChat.com, someone’s bound to have ideas, insights, or encouragement to share.

You don’t have to invent alone. This is your community.
Welcome aboard 👏

🚨 What’s Coming Up This Week

🛠️ Turn Your Invention Into a Business – with the SBA
📆 Tuesday, July 29 @ 8 PM ET
🎙️ LIVE with Paul Fitzpatrick, U.S. Small Business Administration
Ready to turn your idea into a real business? Join us for this powerful session covering SBA funding, entrepreneurship resources, and step-by-step strategies for inventor success.
👉 Happening inside the app → app.inventorsmart.com

🤝 After-Event Networking
📆 Immediately following the SBA session
Bring your questions, make new connections, and talk shop with fellow inventors in real time.

🔮 What’s Ahead – August Preview

We’ve got a massive month lined up, and the August Schedule drops this Friday! Here's a taste of what’s in store:

🌟 Special Conversation with Acting USPTO Director Coke Stewart
🎧 Inventor Spotlight Podcast Ep. 17 – Turner Osler’s story is one you won’t want to miss
🤝 Monthly Community Meetup
💬 Live Q&A with Brian Fried
⚡ And so much more...

🧭 Tip: All events are listed in the app.
Just head to → app.inventorsmart.com and tap Events to stay in the loop.

🌟 Community Spotlight: Dr. Tina (@Dr. Tina)

This week, we’re spotlighting Dr. Tina (Alevtina Malakova) — a general dentist, passionate educator, and inventive mind behind a smart solution for toothbrush design.

🪥 Her invention? A patented toothbrush with replaceable bristle-heads stored directly in the handle, a cleaner, more efficient, and eco-conscious way to maintain oral hygiene. She's currently seeking a company to license this innovation, so if you’re connected in dental product manufacturing, now’s the time to reach out.

🎓 But Dr. Tina didn’t stop at inventing, she also created DentalStaffPrep.com, an easy-to-understand, unbiased online dental course designed for the curious and for dental offices looking to train their teams.

📬 Want to connect? Reach out directly at
📧 [email protected]
📞 718.744.4811
🌐 BrushRefresher.com

📌 Check out her profile and say hello inside the app:
👉 View Dr. Tina’s Member Profile »

Dr. Tina, your mix of practical innovation and educational mission is exactly the kind of brilliance that lifts the whole community. We’re excited to see where your invention journey leads!

✨ Want to be featured in a future Community Spotlight?
Stay active, share your updates, and support others - you could be next!

💡 Inventor Tip of the Week — Think Like a Company

One of the biggest mindset shifts for inventors?
You’re not just a creative thinker, you’re also a problem solver for businesses.

Instead of focusing only on your idea, start thinking about how it fits into an existing product line. Imagine you're the marketing director or product manager at a company. Ask yourself:

• Would this invention help me grow sales?

• Does it complement what my company already sells?

• Would it stand out on a store shelf, or feel like a risk?

Inventors often fall in love with their ideas. But licensing success comes when you think like the people you’re pitching to.

📌 Pro tip: When you find a company you want to pitch to, study their current product catalog. Your goal is to help them picture your invention as the “next product” in their lineup, not a totally foreign concept.

🎯 Action step: Pick one company you’d love to license to. Go to their website, find their latest product release, and write 3 bullet points showing how your invention could be the next evolution of that product.

The more you speak their language, the closer you are to hearing yes.

🧠 Tip adapted from Brian Fried’s book Inventing Secrets Revealed (Inventor Smart Publishing).

🌟 Inventors Got Talent 2025 – Watch the Replay!

What a show! Over a dozen National Inventor Club members hit the virtual stage to pitch inventions ranging from floating lessons to diaper hacks, and the creativity did not disappoint. 🎤👏

🎉 Big congrats to this year’s winners:
• Beth Goldman – PicChair
• Melon Dash – Learn to Float Station
• Turahn Williams – One Wipe Wonder

💡 Ready to be inspired?
👉 Watch the full replay here

🗓️ On This Day in Inventor History — Monday, July 28

The Birth of the Typewriter
July 28, 1868 – The first U.S. patent for a practical typewriting machine was issued to Christopher Latham Sholes.
📜 U.S. Patent No. 79,265

Sholes, a newspaper editor and printer from Milwaukee, co-invented the device that would become known as the typewriter, a tool that revolutionized communication, office work, publishing, and eventually led to the modern keyboard we still use today.

The patent marked the beginning of a new era for inventors and entrepreneurs alike: the rise of mass communication and personal productivity tools.

Why It Matters to Today’s Inventors

🖨️ Sholes didn’t invent typing, he invented a better way to do it. His device sped up documentation, helped businesses scale, and created entirely new professions (like the typist and stenographer).

✨ Modern takeaway?
Sometimes it’s not about inventing a new category, it’s about improving the way we already do things.

Ask yourself:

• 🔍 Can your invention make a tedious process easier, faster, or more accessible?

• 🧠 What old tools are ready for a 21st-century upgrade?

Small mechanisms. Big shifts.
Sholes’ typewriter wasn’t just a machine, it was a launchpad for new industries.

📸 Show Your Face, Share Your Spark

We’re building a real community of real inventors, let’s see who’s in the room.

Now’s the time to upload your profile pic inside the app:
→ app.inventorsmart.com/profile/edit

💬 It makes networking way better
🎤 You'll stand out at this week’s Live Q&A with Brian Fried
🎁 Bonus: DM us your updated pic, and we’ll send a thank-you gift for showing up as you.

Let’s invent together, with faces, not just usernames.

🎓 Young Inventors, Big Ideas!

Meet the brilliant winners of the 2024 Young Inventor Challenge—featured on a special episode of the Got Invention Show with Brian Fried!

🎲 Gideon Koffman – Skirmish-Battle-War
🧸 Maria Schwartze – Calming Cuddlees
🎮 Olivia Scheetz – Smack It!

From card games to cuddly creations, these future innovators are already making waves.

👉 Watch the episode on YouTube and share it with the next young inventor you know!

🎙️ Inventor Spotlight Ep. 16 – Turning Nature Walks into a Business

What started as a fun weekly ritual with her daughter became GoDeck—a 52-card deck designed to help families explore their cities in new ways. In this episode, Deanna Ratnikova shares how she brought her idea to life, from bootstrap beginnings to retail shelves, all while juggling family, doubt, and momentum. It’s a story of creativity, resilience, and community-powered invention.

👉 Watch on YouTube | 🎧 Also on Spotify, Apple & more
🔗 Explore her product: thegodeck.com

🔧 Inventor Smart Community — We're Built for You

Whether you’re sketching your first idea or scaling toward licensing, you don’t have to go it alone.

Inside the Inventor Smart Community App, you’ll find:

✅ Live Q&As + expert livestreams
✅ Weekly tools — NDAs, pitch decks, contracts & more
✅ Real connections with inventors who actually get it

No fees. No fluff. Just real momentum.

👉 Jump in → inventorsmart.com

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