The Goals of Entrepreneurship

M. Lenart; P. Tarjan

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-01697-4_70

The Goals of Entrepreneurship

M. Lenart, P. Tarjan

Biomedical Engineering

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Abstract

Our Technical Entrepreneurship program began with an NCIIA grant in 1999. Our students have completed about 30 E-Team projects, a few with Advanced E-Team NCIIA grants. According to the NCIIA guidelines the most desirable outcome of an E-Team project is a start-up business, or a license to an operating firm. These objectives have frustrated everyone as virtually every project came to an abrupt end. This experience has raised two questions: 1. Why even very promising projects never reach commercialization? 2. Are the goals appropriate and desirable? We present certain barriers toward commercialization and propose alternate goals to enrich the experience of each participant.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	25th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference 2009
Pages	193-194
Number of pages	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01697-4_70
State	Published - Nov 6 2009
Event	25th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference 2009 - Miami, FL, United States Duration: May 15 2009 → May 17 2009

Publication series

Name	IFMBE Proceedings
Volume	24
ISSN (Print)	1680-0737

Other

Other	25th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference 2009
Country	United States
City	Miami, FL
Period	5/15/09 → 5/17/09

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Keywords

Design projects
Entrepreneurship

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Biomedical Engineering
Bioengineering

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Lenart, M., & Tarjan, P. (2009). The Goals of Entrepreneurship. In 25th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference 2009 (pp. 193-194). (IFMBE Proceedings; Vol. 24). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01697-4_70

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