GIST Insights: Lab to Market
You are a researcher at a university or company and you have a great idea for a new product. How do you make the leap to starting a company around that product? What is your first step to commercialize that innovation? What are the challenges you will face shifting from working in a lab to running a business? What resources are available to you and how will you find them? When and why will you need to build a team around your solution? These questions, and more, are explored in this GIST Insights!
Insights from GIST Instructors & Partners
What You Need to Know About Lab to Market
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Understand what “tech transfer” is and how it applies to your technology. |
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Consider all of the implications of commercializing your technology. |
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Research intellectual property and your country’s rules around it. |
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Do your customer discovery! |
Additional Resources
For additional insights into the lab to market process visit our GIST TechConnect panels, our GIST Guru interviews, and GIST Innovation Talks podcasts:
The principles are explored further in our Startup Trainings, Virtual Accelerator, and Panel Discussions.