🟡 Spinning out of Universities: Turning research into scalable climate companies

​This event is part of The Drop 2024. To attend, you must have a ticket to The Drop. Apply for a Drop 2024 ticket.

​Session Overview: If you are an academic, investor, or founder that is interested in understanding how successful climate tech companies can spin out of our universities, join us. We'll tackle best practices, pitfalls, expectations, and funding sources. Climate solutions are hiding in plain sight and our university research can help tackle this problem.

​Key Questions:

• ​How do you effectively negotiate with a tech transfer office?

• ​What should a scientist turned founder know?

• ​How can research be evaluated as a scalable, venture-backable business?

• ​Should you leave your job, take a sabbatical, or hire founders?

​Who should attend? Academics, Founders and Investors.