http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2008/10/24/welcome-to-seattle-al-gore-can-uw-startups-get-some-vc-love/ Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:30:41 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2008/10/24/welcome-to-seattle-al-gore-can-uw-startups-get-some-vc-love/comment-page-1/#comment-36554 We have reported previously on the hiring of serial technology entrepreneur Linden Rhoads as the University of Washington's tech transfer leader | Technology Transfer Tactics Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:55:15 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=5811#comment-36554 [...] Rhoads says the VC community is responding to the culture change. “They’re really excited about the opportunity,” she comments. “They need personnel within tech transfer who are very informed and knowledgeable as to the investment profile that a given venture firm is interested in…. We can’t just have them ‘walk the halls.’ We have to call them when there’s an opportunity.” She also hinted at a relaxation of licensing terms, particularly regarding the rights to post-license improvements. “We’re trying to think less in terms of patents and more in the project sense,” she says. “Nobody has to be the intellectual property police.” Go to: Xconomy [...] [...] Rhoads says the VC community is responding to the culture change. “They’re really excited about the opportunity,” she comments. “They need personnel within tech transfer who are very informed and knowledgeable as to the investment profile that a given venture firm is interested in…. We can’t just have them ‘walk the halls.’ We have to call them when there’s an opportunity.” She also hinted at a relaxation of licensing terms, particularly regarding the rights to post-license improvements. “We’re trying to think less in terms of patents and more in the project sense,” she says. “Nobody has to be the intellectual property police.” Go to: Xconomy [...]

]]> http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2008/10/24/welcome-to-seattle-al-gore-can-uw-startups-get-some-vc-love/comment-page-1/#comment-36161 DJC Green Building Blog » Blog Archive » Al Gore was in Seattle Friday. Said economic meltdown is huge business opportunity. Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:09:08 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=5811#comment-36161 [...] If you want more information on what he spoke about, the Northwest Progressive Institute Blog has a nice rundown. Xconomy Seattle also has a nice post about what else Gore was doing in our great city here. [...] [...] If you want more information on what he spoke about, the Northwest Progressive Institute Blog has a nice rundown. Xconomy Seattle also has a nice post about what else Gore was doing in our great city here. [...]

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