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Submitted by: gabrielpessoa
Posted at: 2011-10-29 23:38:19
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Universities and federal laboratories often license their inventions to industry as a way to commercialize those technical advances. Which generate higher royalties?
Recently released data from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) indicates that the average university invention brought in significantly more in licensing income than the average invention from a federal laboratory in 2009, the latest year for which data are available.
The chart below indicates that the average license made by an academic institution earned nearly three times the income of the average license made by a federal government laboratory, $99,385 versus $36,512.
Of course a simple comparison like this doesn’t tell us why university inventions generate more royalties. Perhaps the average university invention has been licensed for longer, allowing it to generate more income. Maybe universities license more of their inventions to companies in industries that pay higher royalties. Perhaps university technology licensing officers drive better bargains than their counterparts in federal labs. Maybe the terms of university technology licensing agreements are different from those of federal labs.
I would not be surprised if all of these factors account for some of the difference in royalties earned by university and federal laboratory inventions. But I’m curious if readers know of others.
From Small Business Trends
Academic Inventions Generate More Income than Government Ones
Băieţelul unui inginer ridică nasul din cartea pe care o citea şi îl întreabă:
- Tată, ce-i aia “pompă”?
La care inginerul ia imediat o foaie de hârtie şi începe să-i explice:
- Uite aici: e un cilindru, cu un piston înăuntru, care are o valvă prin care fluidul trece într-un singur sens etc. Şi-i spune principiile presiunii, noţiunea de vacuum şi toate celelalte, pentru ca într-un final să-l întrebe:
- Dar de unde ai aflat tu de pompă?
- Păi uite aici, în cartea de istorie scrie că Cezar a intrat cu mare pompă în Roma…
Most advice about job seeking is oriented around big companies. The notion of a standard resume, of mass mailings, of dealing with the HR department--even the idea of interviews--is all built around the Fortune 500.
Alas, the Fortune 500 has been responsible for a net loss in jobs over the last twenty years. All the growth (and your best chance to get hired) is from companies you’ve probably never heard of. And when the hirer is also the owner, the rules are very different.
1. Learn to sell. Everyone has sold something, some time, even if it’s just selling your mom on the need for a nap when you were three years old. A lot of people have decided that they don’t want to sell, can’t sell, won’t sell, but those same people need to understand that they’re probably not going to get a job doing anything but selling.
Small businesses always need people who can sell, because selling pays for itself. It’s not an expense, it’s a profit center.
2. Learn to write. Writing is a form of selling, one step removed. There’s more writing in business today than ever before, and if you can become a persuasive copywriter, you’re practically a salesperson, and even better, your work scales.
3. Learn to produce extraordinary video and multimedia. This is just like writing, but for people who don’t like to read. Even better, be sure to mix this skill with significant tech skills. Yes, you can learn to code. The fact that you don't feel like it is one reason it's a scarce skill.
Now that you’ve mastered these skills (all of which take time and guts but no money), understand the next thing about small businesses--they aren’t hiring to fill a slot. Unlike a big company with an org chart and pay levels, the very small business is an organism, not a grid. The owner is far more likely to bring in a freelancer or someone working on spec than she is to go run a classified help wanted ad.
And many small businesses are extremely bad at taking initiative that feels like risk. They’d rather fill orders than take a chance and go out prospecting for a person who represents a risk. And that’s your opportunity.
When you show up and offer to go prospecting on spec, offer to contribute a website or a sales letter or some sales calls--with no money on the table--many small business people will take you up on it, particularly if they are cash-strapped, profit-oriented and know you by reputation. (Please don't overlook that last one).
Hint: don't merely show up and expect a yes. It's something you earn over time...
The rest is easy. Once you demonstrate that you contribute far more than you cost, now it's merely a matter of figuring out a payment schedule.
This is probably far more uncertainty and personal branding than most job seekers are comfortable with. Which is precisely why it works.
PS Nancy is hiring.
Вчера жители России впервые за многие годы не перевели часы на так называемое зимнее время. Однако за многих из них это сделали персональные электронные устройства: компьютеры, телефоны, бытовые приборы, введя обладателей в заблуждение. Когда президент Медведев задумывал и осуществлял отмену зимнего времени, знал ли он, что в его любимых гаджетах часы переводятся автоматически? А знал ли он, что своим поручением, принявшим в итоге вид закона, отменил для России астрономическое время, навсегда оставив его в искусственном летнем? Вообще, выбор президентом из зимнего и летнего времени остался немотивированным, возможно, летнее он посчитал более теплым.
Не скажу за Медведева, но лично мне, конечно, нравится, что разница между Москвой и Бомбеем сократилась до фиксированных полутора часов, с Вьетнамом — до трёх, а с Арменией — до нуля.
Жаль, что при этом с Иерусалимом у нас будет с октября по апрель два часа разницы, с Парижем — три, а с Лондоном — четыре. Но это, как мне кажется, не смертельно. Единственный известный науке надёжный способ для москвича оказаться в одном часовом поясе с Лондоном — это уехать в Лондон. Или в Лиссабон. Не стоит ждать от Медведева, что он решит за нас эту задачу. Он только создаёт предпосылки, чтобы мы сами для себя её решали.
Bulă juca cu maică-sa un joc de-a ghicitul cuvintelor:
- Mamă, ghici la ce cuvânt m-am gândit, din patru litere!
Maică-sa se gândeşte un moment, după care îi arde lui Bulă o palmă. Bulă începe să plângă:
- Pentru ce, mamă? Eu m-am gândit la cuvântul casă!
Se apropie şi tatăl lui Bulă şi-i trage o palmă soţiei:
- Ai înţeles, fă? La casă trebuie să te gândeşti, la casă!
O fetiţă se duce la un magazin de animale şi întreabă:
- Vă log, aveţi iepulaşi dlăgălaşi?
Inima vânzătorului se topeşte brusc. Se aşează pe vine lângă fetiţă şi o întreabă:
- Vlei un iepulaş dlăgălaş alb, sau unul dlăgălaş moale şi neglu şi pufos? Sau poate pe cel dlăgălaş şi maloniu de acolo?
Fetita se înroşeşte, se leagană puţin pe călcâie, îşi pune mânuţele pe genunchi, se apleacă în faţă şi răspunde în şoaptă:
- Cled că pe pitonul meu îl doale în cul de cale…
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