Conference Session

Post BS Entrepreneurship Education Needs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Barbe, University of Maryland; James Green, University of Maryland; Dean Chang, University of Maryland

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

above, in the case for which the university ownsthe IP on which the companies are based, the companies license the IP from the university. Incases for which the inventors and not the university own the IP, the inventors assign the IP to thecompanies.The VA processes are shown in Figure 2. The first process is the selection of companies to enterVA. This is accomplished very carefully and involves four steps: identification of candidateopportunities, due diligence regarding IP, market analysis, and feasibility of assembling humanresources. If these steps provide positive results, a panel of experts in the field of the company isassembled, and after a presentation by the inventor(s) and extensive Q&A, the panel advises VAregarding the