WELCOME TO TOMORROW The First Day of the Rest Of Your Life

Who is Lawrence J. Udell? One of the foremost authorities on inventors and entrepreneurs in the U. S. Professor of New Ventures & Entrepreneurship Founder of more than 30 companies International lecturer on Intellectual Property Quoted in major publications: Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Time Consultant to numerous major corporations Over 50 articles published Lecturer for the USPTO for over 25 years and WIPO (United Nations) overseas Mentor to thousands of inventors, plus those who became successful entrepreneurs

Where do I go from here? How many choices do I have? Work for a large corporation Work for a small company Go into my own business Join a family members business Take time off to ??? Look at my life from the inside out Do I have a mentor – do I want one? HOW DO I DECIDE???

Valuing Opportunities What do I want 5 – 10 – 20 years from now? How do I use my education? How can I use my innate skills? What is my experience worth? Who can I sell myself to? What am I really worth? BOTTOM LINE ? ? ?

DO YOU HAVE A BOTTOM LINE????? What was your dream of the future, when you were a kid? How about as a teenager? Young adult? What is your dream today? How bad do you want fame and fortune?

The World of Reality Let’s have a brief quiz::: How much money have you saved? How much money can you borrow? and from who? What could you do with it? How would you pay it back?

Successful Inventing Have you ever said to yourself, I wish someone made …..? Why doesn’t someone make a …..? oThink of something you would want to buy. oThink of something that would make your life easier. oThink of something that would make your mother’s life easier. oKeep it simple.....

? ? ? ? ? “Water is good; it benefits all things and does not compete with them.” – Lao-tzu

15 YEARS AGO …water products packaged in small plastic bottles barely appeared on the radar screen – Beverage Marketing

IN 2006 …U.S. wholesale bottled water sales were $11 billion, up about 10%. Worldwide bottled water market is over $50 billion. – Beverage Marketing

THE FUTURE …is expected to grow % over the next 5 years. “The U.S. consumers’ growing interest in health is creating the growth of the bottle water industry.” – Beverage Marketing

Larry Udell