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Will Cardwell & Hervé Lebret: Activating Research-based Startups

Will Cardwell & Hervé Lebret: Activating Research-based Startups

Workshop at REE Europe 2012. www.ree.fi.

REE Europe 2012

September 06, 2012
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  1. OTL: The Upside 0 20 40 60 FY69-70 FY76-77 FY83-84

    FY90-91 FY97-98 FY04-05 Fiscal Year Royalty ($ millions) • In FY08-09, $65.1 million in royalties • From 1970 through 2009, ~$1.27 billion cumulative royalties • Typically, 10 to 15 years may elapse between initial invention disclosure and any significant royalties
  2. AVP  GOALS  AND  CURRICULUM CO-­‐DEVELOPMENT  WITH STANFORD  TECHNOLOGY  VENTURES  PROGRAM

    An  ac&ve  partnership  with  two-­‐way  flow  of  faculty  visits and  interac&on  in  research  and  teaching  development AVP umbrella / ACE-STVP partnership
  3. Nb of employees per firm Nb of firms Not our

    mission We have no control Initial focus Enabling / encouraging What should our ambition be? Creating 1’000 jobs* but how?
  4. What is needed?   Money   People   Spirit 

     Educa3on   Interna3onaliza3on Grants,  BAs,  VCs Mentors,  experience,  role  models Passion,  ambi3on,  risk  taking Exposing Drink  local,  dream  global BUT DO WE HAVE THE CRITICAL MASS & THE RESOURCES?
  5. There will never be another Silicon Valley An  accident  in

     history  with cumula3ve  advantages;  SV remains  the  absolute  reference No  cri3cal  mass  in  Europe  but we  all  have  the  same  issues (Valley  of  Death,  Culture,  …) So  can  we  cooperate  and  join forces… In  exposure? In  growth?