Understand what “tech transfer” is and how it applies to your technology.
Have you heard the term “tech transfer” but you don’t know exactly what it means? Tech Transfer is the process of taking a new innovation from a university or nonprofit lab, and turning it into a product or company. .

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Consider all of the implications of commercializing your technology. 
If you are taking your technology from an academic institution’s lab, you’ll want to thoroughly understand what impact that could have on your technology and how it can be used by the public and by academics. This article walks you through that step, as well as nine others that you should take when deciding what to do with your technology.

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Research intellectual property and your country’s rules around it.
Intellectual property (or IP) is a unique creation that can be protected legally. Each country has different rules about how your IP can be protected, so it’s important to understand the ins and outs of your country’s IP system and any country that you plan to do business in.

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Do your customer discovery!
You may have what you consider to be a life-changing innovation, but if customers don’t want it, you’ll never be able to commercialize it effectively. Make sure to do a lot of customer discovery before you decide to leap from the lab to market.

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Lab to Market

Lab to Market