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 |
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| Title of host publication | IFMBE Proceedings |
| Pages | 193-194 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Volume | 24 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 6 2009 |
| Event | 25th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference 2009 - Miami, FL, United States Duration: May 15 2009 → May 17 2009 |
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| Other | 25th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference 2009 |
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| 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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The Goals of Entrepreneurship. / Lenart, M.; Tarjan, P.
IFMBE Proceedings. Vol. 24 2009. p. 193-194.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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