Faculty Startups: What Were They Thinking?

Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. ET
Location: Online

Why would a faculty researcher want to start a company? Why would a university encourage them to step aside from their “day job” to do so? As a new technology transfer professional or as an entrepreneur interested in joining a faculty-founded startup, you may be familiar with the policies and procedures surrounding support of such startups, but you may not know the unspoken motivations of faculty founders or even of the university.

During this webinar, our speakers will roll play a tech transfer professional advising a faculty member interested in starting a company. Attendees will be privy to their conversations as well as the thoughts and motivations behind their spoken words. Understanding what is not said is just as crucial for supporting a successful faculty startup as the deal terms that end up written in an agreement.