After making your discovery in the research lab, you have crucial decisions to make before transferring your intellectual property to a company or licensing firm to commercialize it. Is there new technology that should be patented, especially before you publicly disclose your invention? Should you continue with your university, or leave to join the startup company or firm licensing your technology?

Technology Transfer expert Marc Sedam of NYU Langone Health and New York University brings his wealth of experience working with scientists just like you who are making the jump from research scientist to scientific entrepreneur to provide guidance for addressing these challenging decisions and more.

Part 6 of our series on Starting a Company is moderated by Jim Skinner of Terregena Inc. and ACS SCHB and 2015 ACS President Diane Grob Schmidt. This event will have special introductions from 2021 ACS President H.N. Cheng and 2022 ACS President Angela Wilson, and is co-produced with the ACS Division of Small Chemical Businesses and the ACS Division of Business Development & Management.