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Why start a spin-off company

Why start a spin-off company?    Academic spin-offs are important drivers of knowledge valorisation from academic institutions. By looking at the Dutch medical biotech academic spin-off sector, we identified three reasons for starting a spin-off.With Intellectual...

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How to make your spin-off journey a success

How to make your spin-off journey a success?    Setting up and developing an innovation through an academic spin-off company can be a rollercoaster, especially when you are not experienced in setting up a business. In this blog, we identify three phases spin-off...

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Our 3 lessons learned for the MSCA-DN

Our 3 key lessons learned for the MSCA-DNttopstart submitted two high quality proposals for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Networks. In this article we selected 3 key lessons learned.In the fall of this year, ttopstart had the great opportunity to...

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From IMI to IHI: 5 insights on sustainability

From IMI to IHI: 5 insights on sustainability   Insights learnt from eight coordinators in sustainable IMI projects  Europe confirmed the importance of cross-sectorial and cross-country cooperation by launching the new Innovative Health Initiative (IHI) building...

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Why grant writing strategy is key for funding success

Why grant writing strategy is key for funding success

Why a grant writing strategy is key for your funding successIt has occurred to us that many scientists prepare subsidy proposals without coordination of their institute. This creates competition for the same subsidy amongst fellow researchers of the same institute.It...

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