Resources

Presented by John Hanak | March 2023

Presented by Gina McMillen | March 2023

Presented by Chris Corbett | January 2023

Presented by Regina McNabb | November 2022

Presented by Andrew Pollock | October 2022

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Presented by Andrew Pollock | September 2022

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Presented by Regina McNabb | February 2022

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Presented by Andrew Pollock | August 2021

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Presented by Meredith Wilkerson | September 2019

• How to gather useful insights from the market
• Common customer discovery mistakes
• OTC can support you in aligning your research with industry 
  

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Presented January 2018

• Explore opportunities for research graduate students interested in a career in industry or entrepreneurship
• Hear from current Venture Fellows teams that are starting businesses around university IP
• Learn about program details, including selection, curriculum, and goals

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Presented by Tom Wavering, Executive Director of the Tom Love Innovation Hub at OU | February 2018

• What are the SBIR and STTR programs?
• Qualities of a competitive project
• SBIR support at OU

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Presented by Andrew Pollock | February 2017

• Not all intellectual property is patentable
• Filing for copyrights and trademarks
• Protecting your software application
• Examples of licensing non-traditional IP

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Presented by Charles A. Hinton, Jr. Director, NSF I-Corps/Startup Aggieland | March 2017

• Avoid wasting time with ideas that don’t work
• Reduce your chances of flop
• Is there really a problem that your innovation solves? Or are you imagining there is a problem or need?
• Is there a market for your product or are you just dreaming?

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Presented by Meredith Wilkerson | May 2017

• How to convey the value and impact of your work outside academia
• Tips for being clear, concise, and compelling
• Best practices for customer discovery and determining product-market fit

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Presented in August 2017

• Why IP matters
• IP and sponsored research
• IP-based agreements

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Presented by Gina McMillen & Annie Smith | November 2017

• Generating data for patent claims
• Gathering commercially relevant data
• Funding to bridge the data disconnect

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Presented by Andrew Pollock | November 2016

• Evaluating product-market fit
• Marketing technology: the OTC-inventor partnership
• Licensing terms and requirements
• Commercial terms and SRAs
• Enforcement, infringement and little men who live under bridges

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Presented March 2021
Gina McMillen, DVM, PhD | Director, OTC
Meredith Wilkerson, PhD | Licensing Officer, OTC

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