Entrepreneurship in Polymer Chemistry.

Autor: Knauer KM; Novoloop, Inc., Menlo Park, California 94025, United States., Speros JC; California Research Alliance, BASF Corporation, Berkeley, California 94720, United States., Kemp LK; Reactive Surfaces Ltd., Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39402, United States., Savin DA; George & Josephine Butler Polymer Research Laboratory, Center for Macromolecular Science & Engineering, Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States., Bao Z; Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States., Coates GW; Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Baker Laboratory, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States., Epps TH 3rd; Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and Center for Research in Soft Matter and Polymers (CRiSP), University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States., Hawker CJ; Departments of Materials, Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States., Le Roy JJ; Novoloop, Inc., Menlo Park, California 94025, United States., Morse M; Mango Materials, Inc., Berkeley, California 94710, United States., Yu O; Conagen, Inc., Bedford, Massachusetts 01730, United States.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: ACS macro letters [ACS Macro Lett] 2021 Jul 20; Vol. 10 (7), pp. 864-872. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jun 27.
DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.1c00303
Abstrakt: Launching a startup company is like synthesizing a new molecule. There is a starting point and a general concept for how to achieve the desired end. Known steps may be taken, but a successful synthesis is rarely the result of the original plan and relies on perseverance and creativity. If done well, the starting molecule (idea) gives rise to a new final product (business). Having personally lived these journeys, the authors of this viewpoint distilled their combined experiences into relevant topics for scientific entrepreneurs. This viewpoint is not a how-to guide for launching a startup. Instead, relatable personal insights and potential best practices are shared to catalyze discussions around a topic of growing relevance to both the polymer community and workforce of the future.
Databáze: MEDLINE