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Does tech transfer kill academic productivity? New Stanford University research says NO: Faculty who license their inventions publish 26% MORE papers afterward. Why this matters for Georgia: Our universities are already crushing it: → The University of Georgia: #1 in the nation for products brought to market (69 in FY24) → Emory University: $1.4B in cumulative licensing revenue, 3rd globally for FDA-approved drugs → Georgia Institute of Technology: $1.27B+ in annual research expenditures But here's the insight: Commercialization doesn't compete with research, it multiplies it. The challenge? Faculty doing breakthrough work often don't know what comes next after the lab. That's exactly what we're doing on the Innovation and Entrepreneurship team at the Georgia Research Alliance and with our academic partners. We bridge the gap between discovery and deployment, connecting researchers with commercialization expertise, management talent, and capital. We help teams translate brilliant science into market impact without pulling faculty away from what they do best. The Stanford data confirms what we see daily: when you build the right infrastructure around research talent, everyone wins. More papers. More patents. More products. More economic impact. #Georgia has world-class research. Our job is making sure it doesn't stay in the lab. #GeorgiaInnovation #TechTransfer #GRA #ResearchImpact Andrew Short, PhD Connor Seabrook Georgia Tech Office of Commercialization Innovation @ UGA Emory Technology Transfer Georgia Department of Economic Development https://lnkd.in/epJvpqbX

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Never stop learning...., especially from top mentors and organizations... After a few years in PE/VC industry, I signed up for the PE/VC course at University of Chicago, organization that currently has itself over USD 3 billion of investments in private equity and venture capital. The course is led by Scott Meadow, who shares his 40+ years of direct investment experience as a principal investor in firms and partner in PE/VC funds. The program is designed by the The University of Chicago Booth School of Business faculty, including Steven Kaplan, most quoted academic expert on how PE and VC funds work, and the author of the Kaplan-Schoar Index (see link in comments), used now as an industry standard, and reported by Preqin and others. The program brings together leaders from around the world, current and future start-up founders, PE/VC professionals, hedge funds and family office managers, and corporate officers acting as LP's. Every time I come to Chicago, I search for newest trends, deep understanding of business issues, but also for energy and inspiration coming from discussions with peers.

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In hard-tech, the biggest moat isn’t a patent—it’s people! At Conduit, we quietly built one of the world’s most unique communities: a global network of over 200 engineers, operators, designers, supply chain veterans, and contract manufacturers—the Conduit Fellows. These are the men and women who have built, shipped, scaled the hardware and physical tech the world runs on. They’re the invisible force behind the devices in your hands, the sensors in your cars, and the machines on factory floors from Ohio to Shenzhen. They bring: 🛠 Decades of deep execution experience across product and manufacturing. 🌏 Access to global supply chains—from Tier 1 fabs in Taiwan to family-run suppliers in rural Europe. 🤝 Relationships forged in the real world, not just on pitch decks. This is Conduit’s edge (and our long term commitment). We don’t just aim to invest in physical technology. We build it. We de-risk it. We scale it. And we do it alongside the Fellows—those who’ve learned from the scars of failed pilots, lived through the pain of missed yield targets, and know what it takes to go from prototype to P&L. The future of physical AI, robotics, sensory systems, climate, and health-tech isn’t built in isolation. It’s built in community. That’s why we believe human capital is the most important infrastructure in hard-tech. If you’re building and investing the next generation of physical technology and want to be surrounded and supported by the best network in the world for execution—let’s talk. #HardTech #VentureCapital #ConduitVentureLabs #Hardware #Founders #EngineeringExcellence #ConduitFellows #SupplyChain #PhysicalAI #AIForTheRealWorld #PhysicalIntelligence #hardware (Meet some of our community > https://lnkd.in/ge6FK_cx)

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Excited to launch the 2026 Climate Tech course with Bruce Usher and Alan West! Teams now will include Columbia Business School, Columbia Engineering and Columbia Climate School grad students. These interdisciplinary teams will work with 10 VC funds on deep dives in sectors for innovation in climate mitigation, resilience, efficiency, and decarbonization. Thanks to the participating funds - Active Impact Investments, Aligned Climate Capital, Blackhorn Ventures, Blue Bear Capital, Buoyant Ventures, Clean Energy Ventures, Congruent Ventures, Lime Rock New Energy, Prelude Ventures and Renewal Funds!

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Scaling carbon removal requires collaboration and innovative thinking. Today’s discussion around financing gigaton removals at the inaugural Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability Accelerator Showcase highlighted exactly that. Alongside Rodi Guidero of Breakthrough Energy and Nicole Systrom of Galvanize Climate Solutions – moderated by Michael Wara – we explored how capital can accelerate the deployment of carbon removal technologies. The Sustainability Accelerator is playing a critical role in bridging research, industry, and policy to tackle some of the most pressing challenges of our time. Conversations like this reinforce the importance of aligning investment with impact. The path to scalable climate solutions is complex. Looking forward to seeing what emerges from today’s event. #ClimateFinance #CarbonRemoval #SustainabilityAccelerator #VentureCapital #StanfordDoerr #HardTech

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