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How Scientists Can Become Entrepreneurs
Jonathan N Thon1, Sven Karlsson2
1Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Platelet BioGenesis, Boston, MA 02125, USA.
Trends in Biochemical Sciences
|April 8, 2017
Abstract:
Translating basic research discoveries through entrepreneurship must be scientist driven and institutionally supported to be successful (not the other way around). Here, we describe why scientists should engage in entrepreneurship, where institutional support for scientist-founders falls short, and how these challenges can be overcome.