Entrepreneur’s Handbook
resources
Stage 1: Does the idea have potential?
The Innovation or Idea
Approach TTO
How long does it all take?
University of Surrey inventor guide Understanding the Technology Transfer Office Leveraging the Technology Transfer Office Heriot Watt tech transfer handbook UK University Technology Transfer: behind the headlines
Technical due diligence (who owns IP?)
Spinout Companies: A Researchers Guide
Do we have freedom to operate?
Espacenet patent search The British Library is a good resource to check existing patents Heriot Watt tech transfer handbook University of Surrey inventor guide Spin-out Companies, A Researcher’s Guide IP Due Diligence: what IP exists and who owns it? (p.34), Typical IP costs (p.128)
Learn the spinout process
Commercialising your research, where do I start? Oxford University Innovation: Spinout Questionnaire University of Sheffield: Commercialisation of your research A Founder’s Guide to Spinouts
Spinout or continue with research?
University spinouts: An imperfect ecosystem
Market needs identified:
Intellectual Asset Management for Universities
Initial assessment of economic feasibility:
Valuing your intellectual property
Raising finance for your spinout (p.66):
Stage 2: Should you try to spinout?
Learn about commercialisation
Desk-based market research
IPR audit
Intellectual asset management for universities
Heriot Watt tech transfer handbook
Leverage the Technology Transfer Office
A Founder’s Guide to Spinouts (p. 128)
Form a business plan
Heriot Watt tech transfer handbook (section on patent timeline)
University of Edinburgh Spinout Support Guide
Spinout Companies: A Researchers Guide
A Founder’s Guide to Spinouts (Prepare your business plan - p. 58)
Assess financial viability
Claiming Research and Development tax reliefs
Spinout Companies: A Researcher’s Guide
Generally Accepted Accounting Practice in the UK
150 UK small business grants to apply for right now
Form a team
University of Edinburgh Spinout Support Guide
A Founder’s Guide to Spinouts (Start recruiting and building your team - p. 53)
Stage 3: How do you get approval to spinout?
Freedom to operate
Validate business plan
Approach investors
Spin-out Companies, A Researcher’s Guide
A Founder’s Guide to Spinouts (p.78)
University of Edinburgh Spinout Support Guide
Seed investors: the good, the bad and the ugly, from a founder who’s been there
Due diligence
Negotiating terms
University negotiation
UK University Technology Transfer: behind the headlines
Managing intellectual property and technology transfer
IP Pragmatics: Best practice in equity stakes for University spinouts
Section on why the university takes a share
Step four: Term sheet negotiation and valuation
Determining the university ownership in a spinout
Section on negotiation
Stage 4: How to grow the business
Sales
Growth
Anderson & Law University spinouts: An imperfect system
A Founder’s Guide to Spinouts (Start recruiting & building your team: p:53)
University of Edinburgh Spinout Support Guide
The Catapult Network – Support programmes for SMEs and startups
Corporate administration
Stage 5: What comes after success?
Consider potential exit
IPO
A Founder’s Guide to Spinouts (p. 139)
Acquisition
A Founder’s Guide to Spinouts (p. 138)
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