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I would expect that if the existing incentives were enough, it would already be happening. If I have the choice between continuing to do research (work I find

by kd0amg 15y ago

I would expect that if the existing incentives were enough, it would already be happening. If I have the choice between continuing to do research (work I find interesting) and trying to commercialize research I've already done (work I don't find interesting), then I'm going to need something more than a small chance at a big payout to convince me to do the non-research work. If running a startup were my actual goal, I'd have been at it for a couple of years already.

aangjie 15y ago
//If running a startup were my actual goal, I'd have been at it for a couple of years already. that makes you an academic. we(society) need our academics, but i think there are a lot of ideas that don't crossover into the entrepreneurship/product for the same reason(small chance at big payout). In that light, i would say this NSF initiative is good to push those on the wall into entrepreneurs.