AboutPenny Ballou Expertise The Invention Process; Royalties; Licensing Inventions/Products; Pricing; Direct to Market; Marketing/Promotions; Patent Searching; DIY patent writing; Types of patents/costs/how to's; Funding (grants and Angel investors); Prototyping; Off-Shore sourcing.
Experience I am founder of an inventors group; Advisory Board President of www.inventored.org; former Licensing Executive Society member; researcher for www.piausa.org and a consultant; plus moderate and contribute to several online inventor discussion groups.
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Education/Credentials Invention development: well-studied and applied in all aspects of the process and an inventor myself with one invention in patent pending and others ramping up. Lived and attended schools in Mainland China and the UK.
QUESTION: Who do I (SPECIFICALLY) contact talk about/tell of an idea to help with the energy crisis?
Answer Who do I (SPECIFICALLY) contact talk about/tell of an idea to help with the energy crisis?
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Hi there,
I am not Canadian-based so it's hard for me to answer that question. I really don't think the SBA is the compelte way to go.
In the US it's the Department of Energy. Use Google to find it's Canadian equivalent which may be province-based unless here where there is one main department.
SBAs typically help by finding low-interest loans via banks as well as advise how to set up a business etc.
If all you have is an idea I might suggest you further develop it before approaching anyone with it. Bring something to the table other than what is in your head - unless you have a working prototype or perhaps a patent application filed. You have to have something to demonstrate it walks like a duck and quacks like one therefore it must be a duck.
