Category Archives: Metrics

Remarkable leadership

Posted on August 17, 2014 by Gerald Barnett

University of Washington president Michael Young gave a ten-minute talk in February 2012 at the opening of a business incubator on the UW campus. The talk is fascinating as a rationalization for the $100M effort to flip faculty and student startups … Continue reading →

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We are delighted to help Stanford become a better university [laughter]

Posted on August 17, 2014 by Gerald Barnett

University of Washington president Michael Young gave a ten-minute talk in February 2012 at the opening of a business incubator on the UW campus. The talk is fascinating as a rationalization for the $100M effort to flip faculty and student startups … Continue reading →

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Are AUTM Licensing Survey Results Overstating Activity?

Posted on August 10, 2014 by Gerald Barnett

I say yes–and I suspect the yes may be significant. In uncovering the problems with the University of Washington’s reporting of its startup activity for the past two years, another issue has surfaced. Let me explain. The University of Washington … Continue reading →

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The Bully Pulpit

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Gerald Barnett

University of Washington president Michael Young gave a brief talk on technology transfer as he opened Fluke Hall as a startup incubator. In the talk, among other things Young challenged C4C, the UW licensing operation, to double the number of … Continue reading →

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AUTM Startups and UW Reporting

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Gerald Barnett

In an article about the University of Washington’s Center for Commercialization by the Washington Business Alliance, Vice Provost Rhoads defends her startup figures: Rhoads responded, “Every single one of our startups can evidence itself to be the real deal and can meet the Association … Continue reading →

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The President's Speech

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Gerald Barnett

Here is a transcript I made of UW President Michael Young’s remarks on the opening of Fluke Hall as an incubator for UW startup companies, February 2, 2012 from video available at GeekWire. These remarks are the foundation, it appears, for … Continue reading →

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The $100M Rain Dance

Posted on July 7, 2014 by Gerald Barnett

A basic premise of university technology transfer is that research conducted at a university produces discoveries and inventions that otherwise would not be made, patents are issued on these discoveries and inventions, and the patent position induces investors and companies to … Continue reading →

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Faked Metrics in University of Washington “Commercialization”

Posted on July 6, 2014 by Gerald Barnett

[Updated to include a detail on the collateral damage done by UW taking over Fluke Hall. Updated also with a link to a discussion of SNUPI–rebranded WallyHome, tech acquired by Sears. Update 6/1/17 to include a discussion of IDGenomics; Update … Continue reading →

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Only 1 University of Washington Startup for FY 2014

Posted on July 4, 2014 by Gerald Barnett

We have been asking whether public universities are honestly reporting their economic development activities, and at least for the University of Washington, the answer is “no.” The University of Washington released a list of 18 startup companies it claimed to … Continue reading →

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How is this a UW startup for FY14?

Posted on July 4, 2014 by Gerald Barnett

[See below for an update from 5/28/16 on the patent situation and how UW might be involved in Ennaid, and how that still does not make Ennaid a UW startup.] We have been tracking down the University of Washington’s C4C … Continue reading →

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