Workshop aims to help inventors, entrepreneurs

ARLINGTON — An upcoming workshop with The NW Innovation Resource Center and Everett Community College Corporate and Continuing Education Center will cover topics aimed to help early-stage entrepreneurs and inventors.

The guest speaker at the event will be Lara Merriam-Smith, an inventor who took a product to market and successfully sold it on QVC.

Her talk will cover the basics that you need to know about product development, prototyping, intellectual property, finding the first customer, branding and more.

The event is planned from noon to 2 p.m. May 11 in the City of Arlington, City Council Chambers located at 110 E. Third St. Arlington. Parking is available.

The City of Arlington is providing this program to assist entrepreneurs and businesses.Parking is available in the adjacent City Hall parking lot, entrance at Olympic Ave. and Second St. Entrance to the City Council Chambers is located on the Olympic Avenue side of the building.

Merriam-Smith plans to talk about her successes and failures. This talk is designed to help inventors, product developers and entrepreneurs uncover the things they need to know about getting a product from idea to revenue generating reality.

John Bonner, vice president for Corporate and Workforce Training at EvCC, will provide an update about his college’s Advanced Manufacturing Training and Education Center and the hands-on manufacturing skills training that the college provides.

He is also expected to talk about how EvCC is working to support the future needs of people and businesses in northern Snohomish County.

The event is free but registration is required. Click here to register.

The NW Innovation Resource Center is a nonprofit that supports economic opportunities through entrepreneurial innovation in northwest Washington.

For more information, visit the center’s website at www.nwirc.com. To learn more about EvCC’s Corporate and Continuing Education Center, visit www.everettcc.edu/ccec.