I concur, mixing academia and business life can be a very potent combination. I did do an industrial Ph.D., where I ,according to the plan, did spend half my ti

I concur, mixing academia and business life can be a very potent combination. I did do an industrial Ph.D., where I ,according to the plan, did spend half my time at the university and half the time at the company. It doubled or tripled my network (if not more) and gave me a profound insight into both the limitations/benefits of university thinking and the business life/thinking.