Creating Spinouts
The course
One of the major routes to commercialisation of university research results is spinout of new companies. This intensive and highly interactive course has been designed to chart the process from the beginning, when the decision whether to spin out is made, through forming the company and raising capital.
The course outlines the factors to look out for before committing to a spinout, such as patent ownership and sponsor obligations, and includes seminars and case studies on the business and financial issues to be considered, including:
- the writing of business plans and how to use them to raise finance
- the creating of investment proposals
- financial planning and strategy
- the legal issues involved, including IP agreements
- building an effective and sustainable management team
Who should attend?
This course will examine the entire spinout process in detail and will be of most benefit to those who have already worked in technology transfer for at least six months.
"A thoroughly enjoyable course, very worthwhile, made me very eager to get practical, hands-on experience of forming a spin-out! I definitely feel more knowledgeable than when I started."
Stephen Price, University of Newcastle upon Tyne,
(Attended Building and Financing Spinouts in February 2007)