Commercialization Resources

These commercialization tools and resources are frequently updated, so check back often!

Customer Conversation Starters

If you are an inventor, you can increase the odds of commercial success for your idea by engaging with customers early in the research and development process. Use this handy checklist of conversation starters to listen and learn about what matters most to your customers.

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Commercialization Assessment Checklist

If you're involved in the assessment review process for inventions, then download our Ten Questions to Assess Inventions. Mount this handy checklist on your wall to remind you of the key commercialization questions to consider.  Most important, don't be afraid to ask these questions when meeting with inventors!

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The definitive source for what's happening in the world of technology transfer.  Technology Transfer Tactics offers a wealth of information on best practices, industry insights, as well as being a hub for educational development for the industry. Be sure to visit their web site and review their library of fantastic resource materials available.

The QED Bio-Entrepreneur School is open to all aspiring entrepreneurs and is particularly aimed at people who are either planning to commercialise a bio-related idea or who have already started a business in this rapidly expanding bioscience and biotechnology sector.

It is designed to help delegates explore their entrepreneurial potential, develop essential enterprise skills and overcome confidence barriers to starting in business in this very specialist sector.

Visit www.bioentrepreneur.co.uk to find out more information and to learn about entry requirements to the program.

MaRS Discovery District is a convergence innovation centre located in Toronto's renowned "Discovery District" - two square kilometers in the heart of downtown that have been designated as the city's centre of innovation. MaRS is a not-for-profit corporation founded by leaders from the business and public sectors to improve commercial outcomes from Canada's foundation of science and technology innovation.

MaRS connects and fosters collaboration between the communities of science, business and capital through co-location in the MaRS Centre and more broadly through catalytic programs, structured networks and the MaRS web portal.

Visit www.marsdd.com to learn more about this exciting centre for collaboration and innovation.

Techquisition.com is a new online community for buyers and sellers of technology. Its goal is to make the marketing and acquisition of technology easier for everyone. Unlike other sites, Techquisition is free to both buyers and sellers of technology, allowing them to search for each other freely according to the industries they specify in their user settings. There is no subscription fee and there are no hidden success fees. In addition, the users of Techquisition.com have flexible control over the information conveyed and to whom that information is conveyed to. To register for a free account go to www.techquisition.com.

Springboard Atlantic Inc. is a network that supports the commercialization of university research in Atlantic Canada. It comprises 14 Atlantic universities and facilitates the transfer of knowledge and technology to the region's private sector. The network is funded by ACOA's Atlantic Innovation Fund, the NSERC/CIHR/SSHRC Intellectual Property Mobilization (IPM) Program. More information can be found at:

www.springboardatlantic.com.

Young Inventors International is a not-for-profit organization helping university-based innovators to build successful enterprises and bring new products to market. Young Inventors' 1,500 members hold more than 500 patented and patent-pending inventions and have been featured in major media outlets such as Forbes.com, IEEE Spectrum, Boston Globe, and Science Magazine Online.

Young Inventors support entrepreneurs by providing them with resources and connections to bring new technologies to market. Recently, Young Inventors held its fourth international conference at MIT and had a special invited panel of members present at the Dow Jones Emerging Ventures Forum. For more information, please visit www.younginventors.org.