This free educational series is hosted to provide commercialization guidance to the innovation community. Each session features lectures, panel discussions, or workshops led by content experts on topics critical for technology translation success.

This discussion will focus on the personal side of the journey of an academic engineering researcher turned entrepreneur - founding and building their first company, establishing their team, developing a FDA regulated product, establishing manufacturing, and highlighting many of the lessons learned a long the way. The discussion will continue with further reflection on what early-stage entrepreneurs coming out of academia could expect on their own journeys and how we can support each other in bringing incredible technologies into the world as commercialized products.