Thinking about taking your research from lab to product?
Thinking about your capstone project as a possible new business?
Thinking about launching a technology company?
Introduction to Technology Commercialization
BIOEN 504, Spring Quarter 2015
SLN 11271
(Wednesdays & Fridays, 3:30-5:20PM)
Learn from those who have done it. Meet men and women who have made it happen. Lecturers are entreprenreurs and successful business people representing management, marketing, finance, funding, IP, legal, product development, strategic planning and regulation.
- Discover the process of moving ideas from the laboratory to the market
- Learn the role of entrepreneurship in startup companies and corporations
- Understand market analysis and how to bring translational data back to the lab
- Build a network with successful technology entrepreneurs
- Practice “pitching” your ideas to seasoned investment professionals
- Engage firsthand with renowned industry leaders who have lived the dream
- Benefit from the experience of technology commercialization entreprenurs who’ve created billions in value
- Prepare yourself for the global economy
What students and lecturers say:
- “An outstanding variety of quality lectures and speakers”
- “Best lectures I have ever had“
- “A great way to learn from the experiences of others”
- “Taught me things I never would have learned elsewhere”
- “Wish I had this kind of course when I was in school; it would have saved me millions of dollars’ worth of mistakes”
For further information and course descriptions contact Professor Matt O’Donnell (odonnel@uw.edu)
