Entrepreneurship for scientists

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<p>There are many <a class="wikilink" href="/reasons_why_scientists_are_not_entrepreneurs/">Reasons why scientists are not entrepreneurs</a>, but there are still few cases of successful entrepreneurs. There is a distinction that is often neglected (especially when reflected by professors[<a class="litnote tooltip" href="/literature/@ianuzzi2017">@ianuzzi2017<span class="tooltiptext">Entrepreneurship for Physicists</span></a>]) that <a class="wikilink" href="/entrepreneurship_for_a_pi_is_very_different_than_for_a_phd_or_postdoc/">entrepreneurship for a PI is very different than for a PhD or postdoc</a>. </p> <p>However, it is worth discussing, broadly, several topics, such as:</p> <ul> <li><a class="wikilink" href="/motivation_factors_for_scientific_entrepreneurship/">Motivation factors for scientific entrepreneurship</a></li> <li><a class="wikilink" href="/risks_in_starting_a_scientific_company/">Risks in starting a scientific company</a></li> <li><a class="wikilink" href="/technology_not_addressing_a_problem/">Technology not addressing a problem</a></li> <li><a class="wikilink" href="/market_requests_for_a_technology/">Market requests for a technology</a></li> </ul> <p>Topics that are relevant (this is an <a class="wikilink" href="/outline_note/">outline note</a>)</p> <h2><a class="wikilink" href="/scipreneurs/">scipreneurs</a></h2> <ul> <li><a class="wikilink" href="/finding_a_problem_to_solve/">finding a problem to solve</a><ul> <li><a class="wikilink" href="/love_the_problem_and_not_the_solution/">love the problem and not the solution</a></li> <li><a class="wikilink" href="/love_the_problem_if_you_don't_know_what_it_is/">Love the problem if you don't know what it is</a></li> <li><a class="wikilink" href="/you_must_love_the_solution/">you must love the solution</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a class="wikilink" href="/technology_transfer/">Technology Transfer</a><ul> <li><a class="wikilink" href="/technology_readiness_level/">technology readiness level</a></li> <li><a class="wikilink" href="/healthech_innovation_cycle/">Healthech Innovation Cycle</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a class="wikilink" href="/innovation_leads_to_growth/">innovation leads to growth</a><ul> <li><a class="wikilink" href="/disruptive_innovation/">disruptive innovation</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a class="wikilink" href="/professors_can_enable_scipreneurs/">Professors can enable scipreneurs</a><ul> <li><a class="wikilink" href="/risks_in_starting_a_scientific_company/">Risks in starting a scientific company</a></li> <li><a class="wikilink" href="/the_scientific_risks_of_professors_holding_shares_in_companies/">The scientific risks of professors holding shares in companies</a></li> <li><a class="wikilink" href="/maximum_of_shares_of_a_company_that_a_professor_can_have/">maximum of shares of a company that a professor can have</a></li> <li><a class="wikilink" href="/maximum_of_shares_of_a_company_that_a_professor_can_have/">maximum of shares of a company that a professor can have</a></li> <li><a class="wikilink" href="/professors_can_lead_to_the_first_sale/">Professors can lead to the first sale</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul>

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