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Category Archives: Metrics
Dealing with Norming Myths
There’s a new study out at Future Internet that looks at how Wikipedia’s norms have developed over the years. In “The Evolution of Wikipedia’s Norm Network,” Bradi Heaberlin and Simon DeDeo examine Wikipedia’s form of governance and find it to … Continue reading
The Vampire at the Neck
Consider the three elements of the simple mantra I outlined in my last post. Take IP License IP Make Money Let’s work through these three imperatives. Take IP Administrators have expanded the definition of “IP” from patents and copyrights to … Continue reading
Posted in Metrics, Policy, Technology Transfer
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UW's President Continues UW's Rank Deception
On September 30, University of Washington interim president Ana Mari Cauce sent out an email to alumni, including me, on the topic of “kicking off a new year.” The aim of the email was a pitch for donations, of course. … Continue reading
Posted in Bozonet, Innovation, Metrics
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How Bayh-Dole dammed, and then damned, the commons
This is the third article in a series. The first is here. The second, here. The motivating driver of the Bayh-Dole Act, if we can be blunt, was to put the affiliated research foundations in a position to keep with impunity any … Continue reading
Posted in Bad Science, Commons, History, Metrics, Policy
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The Road to Redemption
Here’s a story in today’s Seattle Times about AnswerDash, a company formed by students and faculty at the University of Washington’s Information School (my emphasis): The company, founded in 2012, has raised more than $5 million, including a $2.9 million … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, Metrics, Policy, Startups
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The Most Innovative Public University in the World
The University of Washington ran a press release a couple of days ago announcing that Thomson Reuters has named UW the “most innovative public university in the world.” A reader might think that the ranking methodology includes the number of startups, … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, Metrics
Tagged patents, thomson, Washington
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Be True to the Mission, Not to the Apparatus
Col. John Boyd was, at one time, America’s best fighter pilot. He could out-maneuver any pilot flying, he could teach pilots to fly, and after earning an engineering degree from Georgia Tech, knew more about the dynamics of jet fighters … Continue reading
That's what we all expect from you anyway.
We have had a time of it exposing the disingenuous claims by the University of Washington’s startup program. There is much more going on than the bits I’ve pointed out. But some folks would rather live the lie than restate their numbers … Continue reading
The University of Washington’s book full of (bullshit) metrics
Xconomy editor Benjamin Romano interviewed University of Washington president Michael Young with regard to UW’s technology commercialization program. The conversation is enlightening and worth the read. Mr. Young is adamant that UW has started all the companies he claims, and … Continue reading
Xconomy Looks at UW's Commercialization Record
Following on a piece in July by Kaylee Galloway for Catalyst that raised questions about UW’s commercialization program, Benjamin Romano of Xconomy has written an article that takes a look. Romano reports various perspectives, and lets readers decide what to make of … Continue reading
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