Crossing the great divide: From research to market

Abstract

A successful technologist who transferred from within, a start-up company founder who moved from university research to Microsoft, a venture investor, and an open source evangelist gathered recently for a roundtable discussion with guest editor Terry V. Benzel about key questions and lessons learned. The discussion ranged from what makes it work, how to measure the benefits, surprises, and whether they would do it again. Although everyone in the group had a different experience, they were largely in agreement on the key issues of technology transfer and all agreed that they would gladly do it again. © 2003-2012 IEEE.