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From Academia to Entrepreneur

Lessons from the real world

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Authors:

Eugene Khor

From Academia to Entrepreneur

Lessons from the real world

Book2014

 

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    Chapter 1 - Entrepreneuring Academic Biomedical Science

    Pages 1-20

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    Chapter 2 - The Academic–Business Conundrum

    Pages 21-43

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    Chapter 3 - Taking Academic Biomedical Research Beyond the Lab Bench

    Pages 45-73

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    Chapter 4 - To Become a Runway Entrepreneur from Academia

    Pages 75-97

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    Chapter 5 - What is the Business?

    Pages 99-114

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    Chapter 6 - Business Plan

    Pages 115-128

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    Chapter 7 - Raising Funds

    Pages 129-145

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    Chapter 8 - About Meeting Regulatory Requirements

    Pages 147-161

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    Chapter 9 - About Consultants

    Pages 163-176

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    Chapter 10 - Action Plan

    Pages 177-194

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    Chapter 11 - When the Rubber Hits the Road

    Pages 195-214

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    Chapter 12 - A Few Additional Lessons from the Battle Front

    Pages 215-227

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    Chapter 13 - Arrival

    Pages 229-243

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    Index

    Pages 245-251

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From Academia to Entrepreneur: Lessons from the Real World provides practical advice on entrepreneurship, interspersed with insights the author gained from starting up his own business and in associations with other ventures. These same insights can be applied to bringing a technology concept from academia to an enterprise.

A few of the questions From Academia to Entrepreneur: Lessons from the Real World answers:

  • How do I pragmatically appraise business opportunities?
  • What traits should I look for in an enterprise?
  • What can and should I do with my concept while in academia, before entering such an endeavor?
  • How do I overcome risk aversion?
  • And most importantly, why should I be the one to build this business?

From Academia to Entrepreneur: Lessons from the Real World provides practical advice on entrepreneurship, interspersed with insights the author gained from starting up his own business and in associations with other ventures. These same insights can be applied to bringing a technology concept from academia to an enterprise.

A few of the questions From Academia to Entrepreneur: Lessons from the Real World answers:

  • How do I pragmatically appraise business opportunities?
  • What traits should I look for in an enterprise?
  • What can and should I do with my concept while in academia, before entering such an endeavor?
  • How do I overcome risk aversion?
  • And most importantly, why should I be the one to build this business?

Key Features

  • Provides insights into using academic research as a potential business, meeting the challenges and opportunities in today's academic research environment
  • Offers practical ideas on entrepreneurship
  • Describes how to take a company to financial profit and maintain it
  • Emphasizes the pragmatic details to work through, equipping you with the correct set of tools to build your business
  • Provides insights into using academic research as a potential business, meeting the challenges and opportunities in today's academic research environment
  • Offers practical ideas on entrepreneurship
  • Describes how to take a company to financial profit and maintain it
  • Emphasizes the pragmatic details to work through, equipping you with the correct set of tools to build your business

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ISBN

978-0-12-410516-4

Language

English

Published

2014

Copyright

Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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Academic Press

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Eugene Khor

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