Cancer Research Matters – Entrepreneurial deep dive

Getting findings from discovery research in the lab to a tangible intervention can be daunting. This series aims to de-mystify the various routes you can take to translate your work… from the earliest steps to forming a start-up company or licencing your work.

You’ll meet technology-transfer experts, investors, patent attorneys, researchers – senior and early career – on their own translation journey and many more. Whether you want advice, other people’s translation tales or even a spot of inspiration… this series has something for you.

Episode 2

Sharpen up – magnificent skills and where to find them

Right, so initial contact has been made with a tech-transfer person… time to take those first steps in an entrepreneurial adventure. However, it’s clear that despite the many skills you have gathered as an academic – and they are considerable – you’ll need a few more to help you be successful in translating your research. So, what are they? What’s the best way to sharpen up? And how – exactly – can they help? Its all in this episode…

Plus: Do you know your design rights from your copyright? Me either… luckily we have a patent attorney to give us a vital primer on intellectual property protection.

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