Get $50 For Your Government Money Story…
We are always looking for more stories from people who received government money (or non-profit money) to do anything -- business, school, home, travel, expenses, you name it. And you don’t have to have used one of our books to get the money. We just want to share your story and will send you $50, plus a free book, if we use it. Even if we don’t use your story, you will still receive a free copy of our new book called, Free Money For Entrepreneurs (www.howtogetagrant.com/grentrepreneurs1). Write me with your money stories at lesko60@aol.com.

Inventors Can Get Better Help For Free
Don’t call those hotlines when you hear those ads from invention companies. They will promise you the best of this and the best of that and what they are really the best at is getting your money. If you have an idea for a new product or just an improvement on an existing product, contact the sources below before you spend thousands on an invention company and wind up with nothing much to show for it.

If you don’t know where to start try you local Small Business Development Office or local chapters of the United Inventors Association. They are both listed below. People spend a lot of money unnecessarily on professional services because they don’t know about the alternatives.

So be sure you stay away from Invention Companies. The United Invention Association even warns people against using these companies. (www.uiausa.org/Articles/Articles/ElwoodPaper.htm)

Patents:

Patent Assistance Center
1-800-PTO-9199 or 703-308-HELP
703-305-7785 – TTY
Email: usptoinfo@uspto.gov
Web: www.uspto.gov

Trademarks:

Assistant Commissioner of Trademarks
Trademark Search Library
2900 Crystal Dr.
Second Floor, Room 2B30
Arlington, VA 22202
703-308-9800
www.uspto.gov

Copyrights:

Library of Congress
Copyright Office
101 Independence Ave SE
Washington, DC 20559
202-707-3000
202-707-6737 – TTY
www.copyright.gov

Protect Your Idea For $10:

Disclosure Document
Commissioner for Patents
Box DD
Washington, DC 20231
800-786-9199
www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/disdo.html

FREE Help For Inventors:

State Office of Economic Development
State Capitol
www.govengine.com
Local Small Business Development Centers
1-800-827-5722
www.sba.gov/sbdc

Low-Cost Patent Evaluations:

Wisconsin Innovation Service Center
402 McCutchan Hall UW-Whitewater
Whitewater, WI 53190
262-472-1365
www.uwwsbdc.com
- ask for Market Assessment Service for Entrepreneurs
- cost $595

WIN Innovation Center
Innovation Institute
Southwest Missouri State University
852 Highway MM
Everton, MO 65646
417-836-5671
www.innovation-institute.com
- ask for Invention Evaluation
- cost $220

Inventor Associations:

United Inventors Association
P.O. Box 23447
Rochester, NY 14692
585-359-9310
www.uiausa.org
- contact to find a local association

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… I’m looking for partners who want to make money and have some fun… Become a distributor of Lesko books and start your own business while helping others! Since my products are advertised on national TV, selling my books can be one of the easiest and most profitable businesses you could consider. For information on my home business kit see www.howtogetagrant.com/grdistributorship1.

High School Students! Only 20% get a 2 or 4-Year Degree…
… Getting through high school in America can be harder than getting through college. Listen to these statistics …

• For every 10 kids who start high school only 7 will graduate
• Less than 4 will go to college
• Fewer than 2 will earn as associates degree in 3 years or a bachelors degree in 6 years
• High school dropouts earn $270,000 less in their lives than high school graduates

See… www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050627/news_1m27diploma.html.

Get Money To Go Back To School and Become A Teacher…
What can be more rewarding? Plus this is a great opportunity (and money) for grownups who want to change careers. See www.teach.jhu.edu.

The United States Spend More On Trash Bags….
… .then 90 other countries spend on everything. In other words, the receptacles of our waste cost more than all the goods consumed by nearly half of the world’s nations. From “A Whole New Mind: Moving From the Information Age to the Conceptual Age” by Daniel H. Pink.

$597,700 In Grants Went to 19 Businesses In Kansas….
… to train their employees. There were some big guys in this list like Staples who received $45,000 to train employees in one of their stores. See their story at www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/2005/02/21/daily17.html. If you are a small business find out about free training money in your state and if you are an employee tell your boss how she can get free money to train you for a higher paying job.

Check Out My Blog…
… To find out what I’ve been up to lately go to www.leskoblog.com.

$10,000 To Fix Up Your Rental Apartment…
… in order to make it more handicapped friendly. This is available in Pasadena California and can mean up to $80,000 if you own a bunch of rentals. See
www.pasadenastarnews.com/Stories/0,1413,206~22097~3013499,00.html. If you don’t live in Pasadena see if your local government has something like this.

15,000 Sources of Money to Live Your Dreams!
Every year over 20 million people tap into thousands of government money programs to do things that they always dreamed of – travel, go to school, start a new business, spend time with their family. Learn how get your share of free money from the government PLUS get a bonus book of government freebies by going to www.howtogetagrant.com/grchange1.