"To Start A Spinoff Biz, Look To Utah by Jenny Brundin, NPR News - August 24, 2010 from KUER radio - When it comes to creating new start-ups from academic research, only MIT compares to the University of Utah — despite the fact that MIT's research budget is five times larger. Now officials from colleges around the country are flocking to Salt Lake City to learn how the school turns inventions into jobs, and profits." ( read and listen to the whole story here ) http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129385576
Speedy says the University of Utah is ranked #1 in university start-ups. They didn’t achieve its status by chance. And one of their key strategies focuses on developing and maintaining a top-notch executive-in-residence program, housed in the Pierre Lassonde Entrepreneur Center.
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