Scheduled Speakers and Events
Next Scheduled Presentation Meeting
Wednesday, Aug 12, 2026, 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Alan Beckley
“Using AI agent Invention Prospector to research prospective licensing companies”
NOTE: This is via Zoom and we will be meeting at Bayland Community Center also
Zoom meeting information below
Your attendance at Bayland Community Center is greatly appreciated
Alan Beckley is an entrepreneur, inventor, and podcaster.
In 2002, he invented a thin, flexible wallet that carried twice as many cards, but was half as thick as most wallets and flexed for comfort. In 2015, he licensed his invention, now called the Wonder Wallet to Allstar Products – a large As Seen on TV distributor. The Wonder Wallet was a huge TV sales success story, selling in over 10,000 retail stores accruing over $30 million in sales. Today, Alan continues to invent but has turned his primary focus to helping other inventors to succeed with his website alanbeckley.com, with monthly Masterminds for inventors, Tap the Power of AI workshops, 1-on-1 coaching, online courses, and his podcast, called Inventors Helping Inventors – available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
His goal is to leverage what he has learned and use it to help other inventors to avoid pitfalls and achieve success more quickly.
Alan will discuss and demonstrate his AI Agent the Inventor Prospector that researches for prospective companies for licensing.
If you have a product idea you can disclose and you would like researched, be prepared to provide a brief description of your product and Alan will research it during the meeting.
ZOOM meeting information
Meeting Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83643155349?pwd=VFQbAEhoZO5OaDYdav7RIU1tdbJkkh.1
Meeting ID: 836 4315 5349
Meeting Passcode: 919174
Wednesday, July 15, 2026, 7:00 - 9:00 PM
At Bayland Community Center HOUSTON INVENTORS ASSOCIATION CONFIDENTIAL "SPECIAL HELP" MEETING
Confidential "Special Help" Meeting
for members only where everyone signs a non-disclosure agreement and attendees can discuss their product or concept openly and receive one-on-one help and advice on the next steps of pursuing their idea, concept or design, or overcoming a particular hurdle.
(You can also join & become a member at this meeting). The meeting will be moderated by Mark Peterson and held in a smaller room (at the end of the lobby), and will have a smaller group of attendees than our 2nd Wednesday general meetings.
Bring us your problems and questions, and we’ll try to get you to the next step.
Videos of Our Past Meetings
We are making videos of our past speakers presentations available upon request for free via email to paid members only, so even if you live too far away to attend our monthly meetings you can benefit by becoming a member. To become a member, Click the link above to pay online or download a Membership Form, fill it out, and mail it in. Then contact kevinroddy87@gmail.com and request a video. You will also be added to our email list to receive monthly announcements regarding upcoming meetings and topics.
Benefits of Attending Meetings
Our motto, “Inventors Helping Inventors“, expresses some of the benefits of membership and attending monthly meetings. We provide speakers having first-hand knowledge of the difficulties in getting from raw idea to marketable product that offer their success stories, and share tips on marketing your invention, and speakers that provide valuable information in technical areas, such as: protecting your idea, patent fundamentals, building prototypes, injection molding, manufacturing vs licensing, etc. At our meetings, we often connect inventors having a problem with other members who may be able to help to solve it. We take pride in being a trusted resource, and do our best to protect inventors from invention marketing/development scams.
Other Local Groups That May Be Of Interest To Inventors
TX/RX Labs, a Houston non-profit organization is teaching classes for entrepreneurs and makers. Welding, CNC, electronics, laser cutting, 3d printing, cad and cam drafting and more. https://apps.classes.txrxlabs.org.classes/.
HIA Facebook Group Page
Have you visited our Facebook Group Page? The purpose of the Group Page is to provide an interactive forum or message board where members can comment on speakers, meetings, ask questions, make suggestions, provide feedback, receive help, etc. Bill Kopitzke is the main administrator. The “Group” page is different from a regular Facebook “Page“, in that you can’t get there by “liking” or being a “friend”; you have to “Join” the group to participate. Group members must be approved or added by other members. To “Join” the group, if you are logged in on facebook, you can click the Facebook logo in the left-hand column. If you are not logged in or if you are NOT already a member of the Facebook Group, click here for instructions on how to join.
