//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

//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.