Technology Transfer, Technology Commercialization and intellectual Property
In a previous blog post I wrote about the importance of using social media to connect with stakeholders in tech transfer. Now it’s time to step out from behind the …
Read MoreNetworking Tips for Technology Transfer Professionals
One of the most requested qualifications our clients ask for is experience. It’s non-negotiable in tech transfer because this demanding job has a lot of intricacies that are only realized …
Several years ago medical schools began offering coursework on small business management. After all they noted doctors, in addition to becoming physicians upon graduation and coursework completion, became small business …
Read MoreUniversity Commercialization Training for Researchers Gains in Popularity
The goal to eliminate the university-industry innovation gap is something that we all strive towards as members of the technology transfer community as we position our intellectual property for licensing …
Let’s face it. The technology transfer environment requires a broad set of skill sets across intellectual property, contracting, science, business, and investment realms. This is not a place for specialization; …
Read MoreTalent Management for Tech Transfer: First, Break All The Rules
The lines between groups on campus that interface with industry at universities are beginning to blur. Functional areas like technology transfer, corporate relations, foundation relations, and economic development are being …
Read MoreUniversity-Industry Relationship Models: Washington State University
The World Cup is into the Round of 16, the outcome of an extended process of competitions between the world’s best soccer teams and their players. Like the players’ skill …
Read MoreThe Question You Should Ask All Faculty: So, What Else Are You Working On?
Longer road trips or plane flights to meet with tech transfer clients and candidates afford me with time to really think about what differentiates exceptional from average practitioners and offices—where …
Read MoreWant to win at tech transfer? Learn how to inflict pain
You show me an office full of tech transfer professionals that fear their director/VP and I’ll show you an underperforming office. Don’t believe me, then you are probably that Machiavellian …
Read MoreLeading Technology Transfer Professionals: Quality #8: Empowered
Student-run Venture Funds (SVFs) are exciting investment programs that leading research institutions are implementing to both educate students and to support the development of new businesses. Our partner, innovosource, has …
The Pennsylvania State University significantly changed its approach to managing intellectual property resulting from industry-sponsored research effective July 1,2012. Ron Huss, Associate VP for Research and Technology Transfer and Director …
In a town of around 80,000, roughly two hours South of Chicago, sits the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and one of the best examples of an integrated approach to …
Read MoreU-I Relationship Models: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The University of Minnesota and its Office of Technology Commercialization has their act together when it comes to leading the way on new tactics and initiatives to encourage industrial research …
A Golden Opportunity: The AUTM Annual Meeting Fresh off of a stint as an Olympic volunteer on the slopes of Sochi (no kidding), I am excited to return to American …
The University of Manitoba identified the requisite of many industry partners to manage the IP originating from the research they were funding through partnerships. The University of Manitoba launched their …
Something is heating in up in Arizona and we are not just talking about the desert sun and prospects for year-round golf. The University’s technology commercialization engine, Tech Launch Arizona …