A seminar offering advice on academic startups for potential CEOs at the University City Science Center — hosted by Bio Strategy Partners, a Montgomeryville, Pennsylvania incubator for emerging and early stage life sciences companies — addressed funding realities and the roles of the university and technology transfer office.
Karen Hanson, the executive director of Bio Strategy partners, discussed some of the findings from the panel discussion which included Kenneth Blank of Temple University, Jennifer Hartt of Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Teri Willey of Mt. Sinai School of Medicine and Dick Woodward of Vascular Magnetics.
The university is the stakeholder. Sometimes the relationship can be adversarial, but it’s important that everyone involved in the business recognizes their interests are aligned.
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