Chicago Inventors Organization - Inventors Academy

Louis Foreman, Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Edison Nation, an integrated product design and engineering firm with offices in Charlotte, NC and Taiwan. Louis is also the creator and Executive Producer of the Emmy® Award winning PBS TV show, Everyday Edisons. Louis has successfully placed products in Bed, Bath & Beyond, HSN, Toys R Us, Target & Walmart, just to name a few!Over the past 20 years Louis has created 9 successful start-ups & has been directly responsible for the creation of over 20 others. A prolific inventor, he is the inventor of 10 registered US Patents, and his firm is responsible for the development and filing of well over 400 more phones. The recipient of numerous awards for entrepreneurial achievement, his passion for small business extends beyond his own companies. Louis serves on the Board of Directors of the James Dyson Foundation, the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO), and is President of the Intellectual Property Owners Educational Foundation (IPOEF).