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Lets get down to business « Licensing — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:40:03 +0000

By: Ron Peterson

Ron Peterson — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 19:51:49 +0000

If any one glaring fault surfaces in the operation of technology transfer offices worldwide, it is one of staffing. Manning such offices with scientists and attorneys as they are wont to do is arguably the single worst tack you can take. As a group, these professions or skills are the least receptive to a needed entrepreneurial undertaking and woefully inadequate to deal with a real risk-taker. Find people who have operated well in the business world and use scientists and attorneys on a consulting and as needed basis, don’t let them be gate-keepers for either technology needing an outlet or entrepreneurs/investors seeking the basis for a good new business

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By: Ron Peterson