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How to spin your scientific research out of a university and into a startup : YC Startup Library | Y Combinator

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Here is advice for people who have done scientific research at a university and are considering starting a company to commercialize it.

If you are a student graduating soon, you can just wait until you graduate; that’s a perfect time to start a company. But otherwise, at some point you will have to make an intentional decision to leave so you can run the company. Misconception 2. You should find a CEO to run the company Too many scientists believe that they should remain in academia and find a CEO to start a company around their invention. This is almost always a bad idea. For one, it’s hard to find a great CEO to run a company at this early stage. Truly great CEOs are scarce, and they usually have much better…

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