“From Research Lab to Start-Up and Beyond: A Perspective on Technology Commercialization”®
The Ohio Innovation Summit OIS 09
(Formerly Ohio Nanotechnology Summit)
April 2009 (Revised February 2011)
Dayton Convention Center

Transferring discoveries from research lab to the end user is a very high risk investment.  Many things can and will happen that can not be predicted or prevented; events that may be known, unknown or unknowable.  There are three critical success factors for all successful start-up companies: Technology, Talent & Capital.