2008 Joint Annual Meeting (5-9 Oct. 2008): Beyond the Borders of the Bench: Commercializing Academic Research.
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613-1 Beyond the Borders of the Bench: Commercializing Academic Research.



Tuesday, 7 October 2008: 12:35 PM
George R. Brown Convention Center, 371C
William T. Frankenberger, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 3380 Fern Lane, Stevensville, MT 59870
How does one become an entrepreneur in soil science?  As a founder of three successful companies, I will provide my experience on how to start a corporation related to your expertise in soil science.  In my view, the life cycle of a successful company starts with innovation being a product or service leading to risk, management, sales and back to innovation. I will discuss steps in starting a business including funding sources to get started and the day-to-day activities necessary to keep the business in operation.  Owning a business can be a real challenge as you will see when I present case histories of three companies.
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