From Idea to Enterprise – Technology Transfer Tips for Academics
The earlier articles in this series by Helge Seetzen described the fundamental aspects of building a venture: people, funding, and monetization. While this information is... Read More
Gaps in the Research, Development, and Engineering Chain
I talk a lot about bridging the ‘technology transfer gap’, but there is more than one place where technologies fall to their doom in the... Read More
Five Steps for University Inventors
For researchers working in technical fields, inventions are to be expected. Unfortunately, many university inventors receive little, if any, training on what to do once... Read More
5 Tips for Venture Investing in University Inventions
Investing in university ventures is difficult but worthwhile. The following are a few things to consider when you are negotiating investment deals with universities. All... Read More
Disrupting the University Tech Transfer Space
At TandemLaunch, we invest in multi-media concepts but ultimately we are trying to disrupt the university technology transfer space. I wrote about the benefits of... Read More
Why we do what we do
For the last few months I have shared stories and opinions about university entrepreneurship. I figure it’s time to talk about the “why” rather than... Read More
Forget Software Patents
Software patents have been in the news a lot lately. The US broadened its position on patents a few years ago and introduced so called... Read More
10 Tips for Student Entrepreneurs
Starting your own company out of university is a tricky business. You tend to have other things on your mind – like getting your degree.... Read More
Stubborn University Terms
Dealing with universities and their Technology Transfer Offices (TTO) can be a very frustrating experience if you don’t understand the unique cultural barriers at universities.... Read More
Inventors don’t pitch (at least the university ones don’t)
Investing in university innovation is very difficult. In fact, I would argue that it is nearly impossible for traditional venture funds. Part of this is... Read More
