While innovations out of academia in the STEM area are the basis of more than 1000 startup companies per year in the U.S., academic inventors are not always the right fit to lead these startup companies. Given this, how does an academic founder find a great individual to fill the CEO position? Following up on…
Part one of a two-part webinar series on finding a CEO for your academic startup company focuses on the evaluation process for CEO candidates. OUP Managing Partner Marc Singer discussed the importance of the leadership team to a startup’s success and explore methods for evaluating outside CEOs. The webinar highlights relevant backgrounds and important characteristics…
Starting companies out of universities is a complex endeavor, but startups can get a head start when done in conjunction with a company formation investor. In this webinar, we heard from three company formation investors in the life sciences: Each investor described their fund thesis, what they look for in opportunities arising from academic institutions,…