TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION LAB

Credit Hours: 3 · Graduate

The goal of this course is to provide the student with exposure to entrepreneurship through early stage technology commercialization. Evaluation of opportunities, business model, capitalization, and early operations are covered, with a focus on applying knowledge learned in the New Enterprises course to a discrete technology spinning out of a Rice affiliated research lab. You will gain first-hand experience in dealing with the unique challenges and pathways for translating a research prototyping into a commercial product. A significant amount of time will be spent on university to business transitions and in thinking about how to take research discoveries and create a business, team, and strategy for new and disruptive innovations. Instructor Permission Required.