Academic entrepreneurship : how to bring your scientific discovery to a successful commercial product /

"The pathway to bringing laboratory discoveries to market is poorly understood and generally new to many academics. This book serves as an easy-to-read roadmap for translating technology to a product launch - guiding university faculty and graduate students on launching a start-up company"...

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Main Authors: Marcolongo, Michele
Published: John Wiley & Sons,
Publisher Address: Hoboken, NJ :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Summary: "The pathway to bringing laboratory discoveries to market is poorly understood and generally new to many academics. This book serves as an easy-to-read roadmap for translating technology to a product launch - guiding university faculty and graduate students on launching a start-up company"--
Carrier Form: xvii, 206 pages : illustrations, forms ; 23 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781118859087 (paperback) :
Index Number: HB615
CLC: F272.91
Call Number: F272.91/M321
Contents: So, you have a game-changing discovery...Congratulations! -- Now what? Protect your intellectual property -- Are they buying what you're selling? The search phase -- Friend or foe : the tech transfer office and licensing -- Proof-of-concept centers : bridging the innovation gap -- Start-up management : you've to kiss a lot of frogs... -- Graduate students and post-docs, start-up your career -- Incubators and accelerators, it's time to move out -- Do you believe in angels? Financing your company -- Your roadmap : avoid the potholes.