What do you do when colleagues in your university laboratory complain that you are taking up valuable research space to run a business and hampering their PhD work?
Answer: Bring in the beer and explain what you are doing.
Above all, make sure the university president supports academic enterprise. Such lab rivalries are not uncommon, and can hinder campus start-ups, according to students attending a meeting earlier this month hosted by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). The goal was to gather input from young entrepreneurs on encouraging technological innovation and entrepreneurship in Europe.
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Author: Michael Kenward
