Timeline for Is it possible for a postdoc to propose to supervisor to spin-off the lab into a startup?
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| May 31 at 14:53 | comment | added | yourfriendlyresearchadmin | Yes in this case, the student has hidden the intentions to launch this company, even from their PI, and is actually using a paper published with other university faculty as the basis of the startup--you can't do things like this without talking to someone. There may be options that satisfy everyone, but not talking to the university about this isn't the option here. People are often afraid the university is going to just kill the idea, which isn't the case, but we have rights too and they should be respected. We pay these people's salaries, give them facilities--it's expensive to support. | |
| May 31 at 13:49 | comment | added | xLeitix | @DanielHatton I would guess it mostly means that the student is perceiving the institution's policies as overly bureaucratic. They probably want to do a startup, and they don't want somebody to "spot issues" in their plan. That's probably not a smart move, but also not particularly surprising. | |
| May 31 at 11:42 | comment | added | user128581 | "It's a nightmare because the student is not working openly with the administration to spot and address issues." I think I'd be inclined to worry that this meant the student really didn't want to go ahead with the spinout, and someone (advisor?) was twisting their arm behind the scenes. | |
| May 31 at 2:34 | history | edited | yourfriendlyresearchadmin | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 30 at 23:09 | vote | accept | Martin Moore | ||
| May 30 at 22:56 | history | answered | yourfriendlyresearchadmin | CC BY-SA 4.0 |