Technology Commercialization Class (BA468) John Turner January 5, 2009

“Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much. Because they live in the grey twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.”

But aren’t we in a recession?  “Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful”  “ When the enemy attacks; retreat and when the enemy retreats; attack.”

Startups based on University IP: Many Good Reasons to Focus on These  > 400 university startups created yearly from federally funded R&D (Google, Netscape, Genentech, Lycos, Sun Microsystems, Silicon Graphics, and Cisco Systems)  OSU has “extremely high” research activity (~$250M year in grants). Corvallis has abundant talent and new funding sources  High survival rates: 68% of university startups are still in business in 2001, regular startups experienced a 10% survival rate during that same time period  They are profitable: Early& SEED VCs returns 20.8%, Late stage VCs returns 13.8%, S&P returns 8.2%  They “go public” more often: 8% for university startups vs 0.07% for other US enterprises

What are we doing?  A “hands-on” opportunity to develop a commercialization plan for technology from the OSU portfolio and other patents  A cross disciplinary project class in technology commercialization tools and processes  An “experiential” class

COB AEP Tech Transfer Office Inventors Local Entrepreneurs, SWOT, PBR NCIIA Boeing HP

Patent Selection and Commercialization Plan Process TTO Provides list and input Advisory Team Screening Class Screening and Plan development Spin Off Based Plan Licensing Based Plan Other Plan Recommended Technology not viable for commercialization BA468 Class

Candidate Intellectual Property for the Class Biometrics New Materials and Energy Sources Green Technologies Nanoparticles on Demand- (Miller-OSU/MBI) Fuel Cell Technologies- (HP) Citrus based Insecticides- (Karchesy- OSU) Novel Algae Strain- (Langdon- OSU) Novel Soy based Adhesive- (Li, OSU)? Laxity measurement in Human Joints (Herling-OSU) Detection of Human Visual Response (HP) Natural sources of cancer treatment agents: Coibamide A, Curacin A- (OSU) Compactable self-sealing drug delivery agents (Ayres-OSU) Medicine & Pharmacology

Other information  Student background and intros  Formation of teams  Selection of patents  Inventors and access  Mentors- what are they for?  Student contact information  Invited speakers and protocols  Non-disclosure agreement

Technology Commercialization (BA468)  Instructor- John Turner, PhD  Class Schedule –MW (2-4 pm), 328 Bexell  Contact Info –Office: 316 Bexell –Office Hours: Wed 11-12, Thu 1-2 –Phone: – –Best way to reach me quickly is by

BA468 Mentors for this Term

Recommended Texts Resources  “Technology Ventures: From Idea to Enterprise”, Dorf and Byers  “Academic Entrepreneurship: University Spinoffs and Wealth Creation”, Shane  “Technology Management: Developing and Implementing Effective Licensing Programs”, R.C. Megantz  “Crossing the Chasm”, Geoffrey Moore

Grading  BA468 is a 4 credit class  There is no final or midterm  Grade will be determined by a) Attendance, class participation and team dynamics, and balance of contribution (30% total) b) Interim Results: patent screening, market surveys, SWOT analysis, elevator speech, project plan (30% total) c) Final Presentation and Final Report (20% each)  Feedback will be provided on a) halfway through the course and on b) within one week after presentation of results

Interim Assignments  These 5 assignments are each 6%, for a total of 30% of the grade –Patent assessments (due Sat, 1/17); written only –Market evaluation (due Mon, 1/26); written + presentation –SWOT analysis of commercialization options (due Wed 2/4); written + presentation –Elevator speech (present Mon 2/9); presentation only –Financial and project plan (due Wed 2/18); written + presentation  All except the first are team exercises  Written assignments may be ed (preferred) or sent electronically by the specified date/time

Commercialization Plan Presentations and Competitions 1) In class final presentation- March 3 rd 2) PBR Judging Panel- March 10 th 3) New Enterprise Challenge- April 17 th $$$$$$!!!!

Small Group Activity What factors will determine the success of a technical idea in the marketplace? What factors will determine the success of a technical idea in the marketplace? Think of at least ten- more is better Think of at least ten- more is better Identify your top four Identify your top four

Parting Question “How much is an idea worth?” Typical valuation methods: -Market based valuation? -Cost based valuation? -Opportunity based valuation? Challenge: An invention has the following characteristics - 25% chance of success= P - Takes 5 years and $5M to bring to market= E - Offers exclusive access to a market of $100M for 5 years=R Estimate the value of this invention Estimate the value of this invention