From Academia to Entrepreneur: Lessons from the Real World provides practical advice on entrepreneurship, interspersed with insights the author gained from starting up his own business and in associations with other ventures. These same insights can be applied to bringing a technology concept from academia to an enterprise. A few of the questions From Academia to Entrepreneur: Lessons from the Real World answers: How do I pragmatically appraise business opportunities? What traits should I look for in an enterprise? What can and should I do with my concept while in academia, before entering such an endeavor? How do I overcome risk aversion? And most importantly, why should I be the one to build this business?

Conducting and subsequently taking suitable academic research results to start-up enterprises

About the Author
Dr. Eugene Khor, Chiticore Enterprises Inc. Victoria, Canada.

Reviews
"Khor offers this advice manual for entrepreneurship focusing on biomedical science. The book begins by presenting the potential of biomedical entrepreneurship as well as its challenges, and discussing the transition from academia to business in both personal and practical terms...The book also addresses viability assessment and concludes with the eventuality of leaving the business or taking a different role even if it is successful." --ProtoView.com, February 2014



Book Information
ISBN 9780124105164
Author Eugene Khor
Format Paperback
Page Count 272
Imprint Academic Press Inc
Publisher Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Weight(grams) 380g