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Interview with Jonathan Simkin, SwoopThat

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Jonathan Simkin: I was actually in high school when I decided I'd either start a company when I graduated, or go into patent law. Jonathan Simkin: One of the things I did after graudating, is I joined CONNECT, which is like the entrepreneurial center and hub in San Diego, which is run in conjunction with UCSD and other schools here.

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Exit Interview: Lita Nelsen on MIT Tech Transfer, Startups & Culture

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X: I read an article from 1998 that you were quoted in—it sounded like Stanford’s Niels Reimers helped MIT reorganize its patenting and licensing office in 1986 to make it more like Stanford’s model. It basically helped invent the ultra-filtration field. Then it got acquired by Millipore. LN: Right, he came on a sabbatical year.

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