Lance Stewart is the Vice President of the BioStructures Group at deCODE genetics, Inc. (formerly Emerald BioStructures, Inc.), where he manages deCODE's protein crystallography services and products businesses. Prior to co-founding Emerald BioStructures, Inc. , he was a Postoctoral Fellow and Research Assistant Professor in the Departments of Microbiology and Biological Structure at the University of Washington. Lance Stewart has received five Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) program grants. Lance Stewart received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Cornell University, his B.S.in Biology from McMaster University, and an MBA from the University of Washington.
We probably didn't have much of a competitive advantage except that we had early mover...we were one of the first companies to offer this as a true service, per say. Many people were forced to go to work with Academia, where then if you did discover anything you had to deal with a tech transfer off...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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Lance Stewart Shares Ideas For Why Roadblocks Might Exist in Technology Transfer From University to Business
Lance Stewart States Beginning a Startup With a Partner Is Easier But Future Decision Making Can Be More Challenging
Lance Stewart Discusses Challenge of Training Science Students To Have Business Focus
Lance Stewart States Importance of Outlining Profitability In Addition to Science Goals During Presentation
Lance Stewart States Importance of Business Students Learning Basic Science and Intellectual Property Issues
Lance Stewart Shares Thoughts on Technology Transfer and Raising Funding From Industry
Lance Stewart States Feeling That All Graduate Science Students Should Take An Accounting Course
Lance Stewart States Main Competitive Advantage Came From Being an Early Mover In Industry
Lance Stewart States Networking Aspect of MBA Program Was Not As Important As He Had Expected
Lance Stewart Discusses Relationships With Larger Companies and the Royalty Percentages That Could Be Negotiated
