Living the life of a tech transfer professional can be a lot like that of an entrepreneur. It’s exciting and impactful, but lonely at times in relating what we do …
Read MoreSurvival Guide For Spouses of Tech Transfer Professionals
Through games, we learn important life lessons, traits, and skills that help evolve our character and capabilities. After awhile, we extract these lessons and use them in our daily activities. …
In my previous post, we looked at five key drivers that will play a role in the future of university intellectual property offices, and by association your/my approach to …
Read MoreThe Future of TTO Staffing: Let’s Tell Some Stories
The Future of TTO Staffing: Trends and Drivers Times they are a changing and rest assured the hand of time is turning on technology transfer as well. This “clock” is …
Real estate agents don’t just sell houses—they enact a well orchestrated process that counters the fear of a high-risk purchase with an irrefutable display of direct value to the buyer. …
Read MoreThe real estate agent’s approach to selling a technology
You’ve undoubtedly seen the word crowdsourcing all over news sites and blogs for a while now. But while crowdsourcing stories from the business and artistic worlds tend to make the …
Read MoreSwimming Through the Crowd: Crowdsourcing and Tech Transfer
Technology transfer is a major part of many different industries. Everything from practicing medicine to tracking the deer population relies on innovation and research. This incorporation of new technology often …
Read MoreTech Transfer Partnerships: Beneficial in Any Industry
I would like to pass this along to the Vortechs Group’s Technology Transfer network. Created By: Sherer, Todd On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 10:58 AM Dear AUTM member:It was two years ago when …
Read MoreRepost of Todd Sherer’s letter to AUTM on No Free Agency
We’re always telling you how important intellectual property is, we aren’t the only ones to notice. Here are some impressive numbers from a report issued by the US Department of …
Read MoreIntellectual Property is Boosting the Economy – And That’s a Fact!
From MIT to Berkeley, universities coast to coast are generating future economic success. By combining top students, professors, research programs, and industries universities are cranking out new products and companies …
Read MoreAmerican Research Universities: The Driving Force Behind Economic Recovery
Recent headlines have been booming with intellectual property (IP) conflicts of interest. From Pennsylvania to Texas, lawsuits are being filed, jobs are being lost, and start-ups are being put under …
We’ve been talking a lot about how to land investors but how many investors should you look to get? There is definitely an appeal to a large number – you’d …
It’s a debated practice, but did you know some groups of angel investors charge entrepreneurs a fee to pitch to them? We’ve got some guidelines to help you decide if …
Read MoreSome Angel Groups Charge to Hear Pitches. Is It Worth It?
A few weeks ago, we told you about the first changes in more than 60 years to the American patent process. Under the new Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, the patent …
Read MoreThe Rules of the Road Have Changed, But You Should Still Look Both Ways
We recently talked about strategies to make your pitch its best. Now it is time to step up to the major league and tackle Fortune 500 investors. Keep in mind …
Venture capitalist Jeff Clavier has heard 10,000 pitches. His firm receives 2,000 business plans a year. They meet with 300 of those. They work on ten companies a month. They …
Read MoreYour Best Game Yet – Tips from the Man Who’s Heard It All