<p> Academic entrepreneurship is the ability of a faculty member, graduate student, post-doctoral researcher, or medical doctor; to take a discovery from the lab and translate it into a commercial reality. This can be done in several ways, but the two most common methods are either licensing existing intellectual property from the University to a major corporation that will then commercialize the technology; or starting a new company around the technology. In academic training at the graduate student and faculty level, there is seldom training on the steps involved in these processes. <p> How many academics have been in this peculiar situation of wanting to spin their technology out of the lab toward commercialization, but did not even know where to begin? <p> This unique book, <i>Academic Entrepreneurship: How to Bring Your Scientific Discovery to a Successful Commercial Product,</i> gives easy-to-follow steps to make that discovery into a product through different pathways from licenses to start-ups – navigating technology transfer offices, conflicts of interest, market analysis, finding the right co-founder, and determining how to best finance and manage a venture. Interviews with academic entrepreneurs and other key members of the academic entrepreneurial ecosystem provide commentary and share secret strategies for success along with some pitfalls to avoid. <p> This manual is an indispensable road-map to successful commercialization of academic research that offers numerous key benefits like: <ul> <li>Help with the growing trend of academic faculty commercializing discoveries</li> <li>A pathway and easy-to-follow steps towards determining whether a discovery / idea / technology is viable from a business perspective as well as how to execute the necessary steps to create a new start-up company</li> <li>A light-hearted and accessible style of a step-by-step guide to help graduate students, post-docs, and faculty learn how to go about spinning out their research from the lab</li> <li>Interviews by faculty in the disciplines of materials science, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, information technology, energy, and mechanical devices – offering tips and discussing potential pitfalls to be avoided</li> </ul> <br>