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UW’s Fast Start template, another bad bureaucratic idea gone bad, 3
GeekWire published an article about what UW calls its new scheme to shorten negotiations with its spinout teams–UW personnel who have invented in their research labs and want to start a company to develop applications and products for their inventions. … Continue reading
Posted in Policy, Startups, Technology Transfer
Tagged bureaucracy, clownshow, spinout, startup, University of Washington, UW
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UW’s Fast Start template, a bad bureaucratic idea gone bad, 2
We are working through a GeekWire article about the University of Washington’s “new” template-based deal for startups, so that all startups are treated alike, and doing so the university claims will shorten negotiations and reduce costs–as if these are the … Continue reading
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Tagged clownshow, CoMotion, FAST, spinout, startup, University of Washington
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UW’s Fast Start template, a bad bureaucratic idea gone bad, 1
GeekWire ran an article recently announcing that the University of Washington has “unveiled” a new licensing scheme for startups: “Univ. of Washington rolls out new licensing process to streamline negotiations with spinouts.” Let’s work through this article and see what … Continue reading
Posted in Metrics, Policy, Technology Transfer
Tagged C4C, clownshow, FAST, spinout, startup, University of Washington, UW
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UW startups for FY2013 four years later, 1
[Some 2022 updates below.] In 2014, Research Enterprise ran a series of articles on the fake startup metrics at the University of Washington: Only 1 University of Washington Startup for FY 2014 4 Not 17 University of Washington Startups in … Continue reading
Posted in Metrics, Sponsored Research, Startups
Tagged fake metrics, startups, University of Washington
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We are delighted to help Stanford become a better university [laughter]
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
Posted in Metrics, Policy, Technology Transfer
Tagged Stanford, startups, University of Washington, Young
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Technemort, the name never to be spoken
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
Posted in Policy, Technology Transfer
Tagged C4C, Porsche Effect, Technemort, University of Washington, Young
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The $100M Rain Dance
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
Posted in Bozonet, Metrics, Technology Transfer
Tagged AUTM, bustle, C4C, commercialization, Lerner, regulatory capture, startup, University of Utah, University of Washington, USTAR
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Only 1 University of Washington Startup for FY 2014
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
Posted in Bozonet, Metrics, Technology Transfer
Tagged fake metrics, startups, University of Washington
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The Hairball Theory of Ownership
Buried in a University of Washington web site on information technology, one encounters this statement: Except as noted by an agreement, a law, or a University policy (such as copyright policy), the UW owns all data and records, and all … Continue reading
Posted in IP, Policy
Tagged hairball, public record, University of Washington, Washington State University
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University startups, exits, and candor
The most recent Pitchbook has some interesting information on private equity exits. If university administrators have been sold on the idea that there’s fast cash in startup company equity, there are also data to dampen administrative spirits. The Pitchbook identifies … Continue reading
Posted in Bozonet, Metrics, Policy
Tagged exit, loyal opposition, Pitchbook, startup, University of Washington
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