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8 Potential Entrepreneur Assists From Your Alma Mater

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Most universities have a file of patents from project work that they are willing to license to any entrepreneur for business commercialization, with little or no cost up front. Get help with grant funding and incubator resources. They can also connect you to area businesses. Visibility to startup job opportunities and career guidance.

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8 Ways Your Old School Can Energize Your New Venture

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Most universities have a file of patents from project work that they are willing to license to any entrepreneur for business commercialization, with little or no cost up front. Get help with grant funding and incubator resources. They can also connect you to area businesses. Visibility to startup job opportunities and career guidance.

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6 Drivers For Aspiring Entrepreneurs To Finish School

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They provide peer group organizations, usually called incubators, with free resources, practice environments, and outside mentoring that can help you learn and pivot with minimal cost. Take advantage of free startup programs and mentors. Every school recognizes the power of “hands-on” work to help you develop your own ideas into a business.

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How To Make The Most Of Your DNA As An Entrepreneur

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These are the ultimate chess players in the game of business, always looking to be two or three moves ahead of the competition. Too many Innovators are like Dean Kamen , still struggling with the Segway Human Transporter , while holding over 1000 other device patents. The Builder loves building a business from the ground up.

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Makers Making The Sci-Fi Tricorder A Reality With VOXearch

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A number of teams have recently been looking to turn that vision into reality, as a result of the Qualcomm Tricorder Prize , a $10M competition being run by the X Prize Foundation to create a real life Tricorder. That''s essentially how the Tricoder competition was formed--it''s time for this to happen. Mann implantable device area.

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How Entrepreneurs Can Capitalize On Their Alma Mater

Startup Professionals Musings

Most universities have a file of patents from project work that they are willing to license to any entrepreneur for business commercialization, with little or no cost up front. Get help with grant funding and incubator resources. They can also connect you to area businesses. Visibility to startup job opportunities and career guidance.

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The 5 Criteria That Matter When Evaluating A College Entreprenurial Program

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Are facilities available to students post-graduation to incubate their businesses? Ask: How many patents were filed by students and faculty during each of the past five years? How active (and helpful) is the technology transfer office, as measured by the number of patents licensed by alumni and students annually.