Chemistry Entrepreneurship
- Length: 288 pages
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
- Publisher: Wiley-VCH
- Publication Date: 2022-02-14
- ISBN-10: 3527345442
- ISBN-13: 9783527345441
- Sales Rank: #2017090 (See Top 100 Books)
A groundbreaking guide to the commercialization of scientific breakthroughs in chemistry, from successful entrepreneurs
Chemistry Entrepreneurship is a step-by-step guide that is specifically devoted to understanding what it takes to start and grow a new company in the chemistry sector. Comprehensive in scope, the book covers the various aspects of the creation of a new chemical enterprise including: the protection of the invention, the business plan, the transfer from the research center or university, the financing, the legal setup, the launching of the company and its growth and exit strategies.
This hands-on book contains the information needed to help to determine if you have what it takes to be a chemistry entrepreneur, explains how to take an ideas out of the lab and into the real world, reveals how to develop your burgeoning business, and shows how to sustain and grow your business. This much-needed resource also includes interviews with founding scientists who created their own successful chemical companies. This important book:
- Provides the practical information on how to start a company based on a scientific breakthrough
- Offers information on the mindset it takes to become, and remain, successful in the marketplace
- Presents case studies from world-renowned and highly experienced professionals who have successfully started a company
Written for chemists in industry, chemists, materials scientists, chemical engineers, Chemistry Entrepreneurshipis a guide for becoming a founder of a successful chemical company.
Cover Table of Contents Title Page Copyright Foreword Preface 1 We Need An Entrepreneurial Culture in Chemistry: Do You Have What It Takes to be a Chemistry Entrepreneur? 1.1 Introduction: Disruptive Innovation in Chemistry is in High Demand 1.2 Examples of Innovation in Chemistry Catching the Eye of the Mainstream Market 1.3 Unique Challenges for Chemistry Entrepreneurs 1.4 Invention is Only the Beginning of Creating a Company 1.5 Do you have the Traits of an Entrepreneur? 1.6 Summary: Do You Have What It Takes? Recommended Readings and References Author Biography 2 Taking Ideas Out of the Lab: Why and When to Start a Company in the Biomedical Field 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Company Case Studies: Interviews with the Founding Scientists 2.3 Why Start a Company? 2.4 When to Start a Company? 2.5 The Secret Ingredient: Who and What? 2.6 Summary: Lessons Learned Further Reading Author Biographies 3 In Pursuit of New Product Opportunities: Transferring Technology from Lab to Market 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Technology Discovery and Development 3.3 Customer Discovery and Development 3.4 Case Study: The Naval Research Laboratory's Self‐Decontaminating Material Suggested Reading and Resources Author Biography 4 Financing and Business Development for Hard Tech Startups 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Challenges in Financing Hard Tech Startups 4.3 Fundraising the Right Way 4.4 The Case for Early‐Stage Business Development 4.5 Summary Suggested Reading Author Biographies 5 Battery Entrepreneurship: Gameboard from Lab to Market 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Finding a Market Fit for Your Technology 5.3 Energy Storage Markets 5.4 Battery Startup Case Studies 5.5 Lessons Learned from the Case Studies 5.6 Strategies for Startups and Academic Inventors 5.7 Summary Further Reading Author Biographies Note 6 Growing a Business in the Chemical Industry 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Strategic Market Segmentation 6.3 Building Economies of Scale 6.4 Growing to Commercial Scale 6.5 Summary Suggested Reading Author Biography Notes 7 New Models to Foster Big Pharma and Chemistry Entrepreneurship 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Setting the Stage 7.3 Big Pharma and the Open Innovation Model 7.4 Considerations for Would‐Be Entrepreneurs 7.5 Novel Business Models 7.6 Case Study: JJI and the I2D2 Initiative 7.7 Summary 8 The Economic Need for Chemically Based Start‐Up Companies 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Promising Programs 8.3 Other Potential Programs 8.4 Summary Recommended Reading Author Biography Index End User License Agreement
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