Yes but problem seem to be that a surprising relative small number of academics start companies around the globe I hear.
In Denmark it's less than 5%.of those who start companies. I wonder what number is in the US.
In Denmark it's less than 5%.of those who start companies. I wonder what number is in the US.
(Yes I'm bitter, sometimes. And yes I know that there are exceptions. And things are changing - even if very slowly.)
Yeah well I don't have any specific grief with academics, but it does strike me as ironic that those who are supposed to be the beacons also often seem to be the most risk averse.
I can of course only speak for Denmark and a little for the US (having worked there), but there doesn't seem to be any correlation (nor causation) between high academic merits and entrepreneurship.
Which I guess once you think hard about what entrepreneurship really is makes some sense.
Staying within academia is up to about 25% interesting stuff, sometimes more, with the rest going to teaching / outreach / departmental involvement / begging for grant money. If you enjoy teaching, interesting stuff can be 40 or 50 percent, sometimes more.
If anything, the IP workflow for collaborations bridging the gap out of academia needs to be improved. Take the horror show that is the US patent system and convolve that with university bureaucracy - it's not pretty.