The Researcher Entrepreneur: Best Practices for Successful Technological Entrepreneurship

This book is a valuable resource for aspiring researcher entrepreneurs, equipping them with strategies to avoid common start-up mistakes and succeed in commercializing their technology. It emphasizes that technological researchers already possess critical entrepreneurial traits and provides a step-by-step guide to preparing and setting up a tech start-up, including best practices and decision-assisting activities.

Format: Unspecified
Length: 143 pages
Publication date: 15 November 2023
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG

Discover a transformative book that equips aspiring researchers entrepreneurs with invaluable strategies to avoid common start-up mistakes. Unveiling a fresh perspective, it emphasizes that technological researchers already possess critical entrepreneurial traits, merely needing the right approach to succeed. From preparing and setting up a tech start-up to illuminating best practices, this book sets you on the path to triumphant technological entrepreneurship.

This essential guide tackles the paradox of start-up failures, even after a very promising start, providing insights into how to overcome internal and external problems and obstacles and secure a thriving future. Tailored for researchers aiming to commercialize their technology by setting up a start-up and for technology transfer strategists supporting academic commercialization, the book ensures clarity by avoiding jargon and employing real-life case studies and exercises. Decision-assisting activities such as a Commercialization Readiness Index (CRI) and a Market-prioritization Decision Matrix offer valuable tools to help a researcher become a successful entrepreneur.

Whether you re a seasoned researcher or an aspiring entrepreneur, this book will empower you to harness your potential, turning visionary ideas into flourishing businesses. Embrace the entrepreneurial journey and embark on a transformational ride towards success in the dynamic world of technological entrepreneurship.

Weight: 412g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783031443572
Edition number: 2nd ed. 2023