Do university professors make good founders of #spinout companies? Some argue they do not. Maria Roche, assistant professor at Harvard Business School, researched the funding and exits of hundreds of biotech spinouts and concluded that if founders were members of faculty, the spinouts were less likely to raise much funding, and students also suffered. Find out more about why this is the case by listening to the latest episode of of Global University Venturing's #BeyondtheBreakthrough podcast. https://lnkd.in/eHNxw6A8
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