The Yankee Invention Exposition started as a "Pet Project" of the Waterbury Region Convention and Visitors Bureau to help re-vitalize Waterbury and surrounding towns. The first Exposition in 1995 was so successful that the group of volunteers, the Yankee Invention Expo Committee, realized the incredible value and the many avenues that it could run down. The Exposition, together with the Entrepreneur Workshops provided a common meeting ground for new inventors, people with new products in different stages of development, businessmen looking for new products that their company could license and manufacture, and a source of much needed information, resources, education, and best of all, networking. It's been a sell-out ever since.
Our Non-profit Status
In 1997, we incorporated as a not-for-profit organization and continue to partner with the Waterbury Region Convention and Visitors Bureau. The Yankee Entrepreneur Workshops provide the much needed education to help the inventors and business people achieve their goals by focusing on the combination of innovation, invention, technology and the entrepreneurial application to business.
Internet Information
In 1998 we went onto the Internet. This avenue provides instant access to information about the Yankee Invention Exposition and the Yankee Entrepreneur Workshops. It also provides link-ups to other resources, including: Inventors Digest Magazine, US Patent and Trademark Office, and The United Inventors Association, USA.
Our New Venue
After three years at Kennedy High School, we were able to return to a Thursday, Friday and Saturday schedule at the Waterbury Armory and the Silas Bronson Library in downtown Waterbury. We believe this will offer greater flexibility and convenience in terms of exhibit set-up, transportation, parking, food service and shopping.
Future Plans
We hope to expand the educational aspects of our mission to include relationships with other organizations sharing our vision of increased opportunities for innovators of new products, and sponsoring or initiating new organizations dedicated to the inventive process.
