Louis Foreman

About Louis Foreman

Louis Foreman is founder and Chief Executive of Enventys an integrated product design and engineering firm. Over the past 38 years Louis has created 10 successful start-ups and 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 hundreds more. Louis is an Assistant Professor of the Practice in the Entrepreneurship Program at Wake Forest University/ He was an adjunct professor and the Entrepreneur in Residence at The McColl School of Business and was the 2013 Distinguished Visiting Professor at Johnson & Wales University. He is a frequent lecturer and radio / TV guest on the topics of small business creation and innovation.Louis was the creator of the Emmy® Award winning PBS TV show, Everyday Edisons, and served as the Executive Producer and lead judge. The show won 2 Emmys in 4 seasons and appeared nationally on PBS. In 2007, Louis became the publisher of Inventors Digest. In 2009, his first book, The Independent Inventor’s Handbook, was published by Workman Publishing. In 2015, Louis was awarded the IP Champion Award by the US Chamber of Commerce, and in 2022 he was inducted into the IP Hall of Fame, and the Carolinas Entrepreneur Hall of Fame in September of 2023.Louis currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the James Dyson Foundation. He is a board member of the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO), The Federal Reserve Bank Industry Roundtable, Eightco Holdings, the Intellectual Property Owners Educational Foundation (IPOEF), and the advisory board of Park National Bank. In 2013, Louis was appointed by the SBA Administrator to serve on the National SBDC Advisory Board until the end of 2024.In 2008, Louis was appointed by United States Secretary of Commerce to serve on the nine-person Patent Public Advisory Committee (PPAC) of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The Committee was created by Congress in to advise the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.In 2011 Louis was called upon, multiple times, to brief the House and Senate Judiciary Committees on legislation related to the US Patent System and its impact on independent inventors. On September 16, 2011, Louis joined the President on-stage for the signing of the America Invents Act into law. This bi-partisan effort represented the most comprehensive overhaul to the US Patent System in over 60 years.

Experience

1. Advisory Board Member

   Undergrads

   Jan 2021 — Present

Skills

• Business Strategy