Academic Entrepreneurship: How to Bring Your Scientific Discovery to a Successful Commercial Product (Instant Digital Access Code Only)

Edition : 1st, 2017
Author(s) : Michele Marcolongo

Academic Entrepreneurship: How to Bring Your Scientific Discovery to a Successful Commercial Product (Instant Digital Access Code Only)
- ISBN: 9781118859087
- SKU: 254584V
- Format: VitalSource eBook/ePub
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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.

•   Addresses a growing trend of academic faculty commercializing their discoveries, especially those supported by the National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health
•   Offers faculty a pathway and easy-to-follow steps towards determining whether their discovery / idea / technology is viable from a business perspective, as well as how to execute the necessary steps to create and launch a start-up company
•   Has a light-hearted and accessible style of a step-by-step guide to help graduate students, post-docs, and faculty learn how to go about spinning out their research from the lab
•   Includes interviews by faculty in the disciplines of materials science, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, information technology, energy, and mechanical devices - offering tips and discussing potential pitfalls to be avoided