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The Trouble with Tech Transfer

June 28, 2007 /

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"Unfortunately, the vast majority of tech transfer employees are amateurs," says Williams. "Too often, they’re looking for the big score to make them a ton of money, but what winds up happening is they lose money for their offices, and the poor professor (who invented some technology) is left gnashing his teeth. This behavior has limited the number of universities we will work with."

By Ed Silverman

Full Story: http://www.the-scientist.com/article/home/39379/

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In Defense of Technology Transfer Professionals

By:
David Schwartz

http://www.nasvf.org/web/allpress.nsf/pages/16035