article thumbnail

JumpStartFund Takes On Crowdfunding, Advice For Research Startups

socalTECH

JumpStartFund , which is based in El Segundo, opened up its service this morning to help use the wisdom of the crowd to move ideas, patents, and research from individuals, federal research labs, universities, and research organizations to the market. READ MORE>>.

Research 193
article thumbnail

Tapping The Power Of The Crowd For Ideas, Advice and Funding, with JumpStartFund

socalTECH

Dirk Ahlborn: We are coming out of the nonprofit incubator, the Girvan Institute of Technology, which has been around since 2002, and is funded by NASA Ames. It is one of the older incubators in Los Angeles, even though not a lot of people know about it. That gives us access to the patents from those federal labs and universities have.

Ideas 178
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

8 Potential Entrepreneur Assists From Your Alma Mater

Startup Professionals Musings

Access to intellectual property and current research. 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.

article thumbnail

Southern California needs to find its hub for it to develop its own tech ecosystem

TechCrunch LA

Our research revealed a saturation level causing unprecedented challenges, starting with exorbitant housing prices and runaway operating costs that accelerate a startup’s “burn rate”—its monthly spending. In fact, as is well-reported, the luster of Silicon Valley is fading.

article thumbnail

JumpStartFund Launches First Ever Crowd-Powered Portal For Startups

Tech Zulu Event

Helping solicit new business ideas and patents from individuals, federal research labs, universities and other R&D organizations countrywide. How its online incubation works. Members submit ideas and patents, the JumpStartFund community members and the JumpStartFund team vets them. Social network for investors.

article thumbnail

8 Ways Your Old School Can Energize Your New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

Access to intellectual property and current research. 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.

Class 124
article thumbnail

3 Things You (Probably) Don’t Know about Indiana Innovation

Xconomy

The Indiana Business Research Center at Indiana University shared data that shows the state is the nation’s second-largest exporter of life sciences products , with $9.9 Several world-class research institutions are located in the state, including Indiana University, Purdue University, and the University of Notre Dame.

Patents 67