Carnegie Mellon University’s experience in evolving a university innovation ecosystem has greatly contributed to the transformation of the regional economy. Building upon the Pittsburgh experience, the presentation will highlight innovative strategies for engaging frontline faculty, venture and economic development partners to accelerate the development of university spin-offs.
Tim McNulty, Carnegie Mellon University (moderator)
Lenore Blum, Founding Director of Project Olympus, Distinguished Career Professor of Computer Science, Co-Director CIE, Carnegie Mellon University
David Mawhinney, Executive Director, Don Jones Center for Entrepreneurship; Managing Director, Open Field Entrepreneurs Fund; Director, i6 Agile Innovation System; Assistant Teaching Professor, Tepper School of Business; Co-Director, CIE, Carnegie Mellon University
Bob Wooldridge, Director, Center for Technology Transfer and Enterprise Creation (CTTEC), Carnegie Mellon University
5. Building a University Innovation Ecosystem to Spark Regional
Revitalization: Lessons from Carnegie Mellon
Lenore Blum Director, Project Olympus,
Co-Director, CMU Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
David Mawhinney Director, Don Jones Center,
Co-Director, CMU Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Bob Wooldridge Director, Center for Technology Transfer and Enterprise
Creation (CTTEC)
6. Building a University Innovation Ecosystem to Spark Regional
Revitalization: Lessons from Carnegie Mellon
The Pittsburgh Renaissance
Carnegie Mellon, its Role, its Programs and Key Features:
• Inside-Out: Creating Winning Ventures from Cutting-edge University
Research/Great Ideas
• Creating a Vibrant Alumni Entrepreneurial Network
• Tech Transfer’s Standard Deal for Spin-offs
8. Pittsburgh
•A model for regions across the country that are
re-inventing/re-vitalizing themselves
9. Rise from rust : Pittsburgh transformed itself
over 30 years
October 28, 2013 6:21 PM
The great transformation from steel production to
education and medicine -- "eds and meds" -- took
advantage of existing strengths and made them
grander. Carnegie Mellon University quickly
embraced the new computer age. The medical
institutions, led by UPMC, today the region's
biggest employer, went from strength to strength
with inspired leadership.
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12. • Over the 5-year period (2008-2012), the Pittsburgh region
saw $1.3B being invested in the region's early stage
technology companies
• Pittsburgh experienced a dramatic increase in the
number of very early stage companies attracting funding
with pre-revenue companies nearly doubling
--an indicator that the research universities and broader
entrepreneurial community are starting the next generation
of promising technology companies that will ultimately drive
the region's future growth.
13. Pittsburgh: A Community of Innovation
Idea
Development
Startup
leveraging $$ billion$$ research
OTHER
TECHNOLOGIES
UNIVERSITIES/ Eds & Meds
INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
Rapid Growth
Maturity
Reinvention
PRA – Attraction and Support Services/
Allegheny Conference
NON-TECH
LIFE
SCIENCES
Early Growth
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Pittsburgh Technology Council – Trade Association
PLSG
Drug Discovery
Tissue/Organ Engineering
Neurological Treatments
Medical Devices
Innovation Works (IW)
AlphaLab
Government
IDEA FOUNDRY
Foundations
PowerUp
Pittsburgh
Angels
VCs
TiE Pgh
PRA=Pgh Regional Alliance, PTC=Pgh Technology Council, PLSG= Pgh Life Sciences Greenhouse
KIZ = Keystone Innovation Zone
(NB. This diagram is a modification of a TTC slide)
14. The collaboration between
the two schools helps to
raise the profiles of the
University of Pittsburgh and
Carnegie Mellon University
to among the world's best
Read more: http://www.postgazette.com/#ixzz11JE8Vck3
16. 18 Nobel Laureates
John F. Nash, MCS 1948
Economic Sciences 1994
Herbert Simon, SCS/TPR Faculty
Economic Sciences, 1978
Edward Rubin, CIT Faculty
Peace, 2007
17. 11 Turing Awards
Allen Newell
SCS Faculty,1975
Raj Reddy
SCS Faculty, 1994
Manuel Blum
SCS Faculty, 1995
18. 100’s of Innovators
& Entrepreneurs
Kai-Fu Lee, SCS 1988
Jonathan Kaplan, Tepper 1990,
Open Field Entrepreneurs Fund
Red Whittaker, Robotics Faculty
20. Formed from a partnership between
Project Olympus and Donald H. Jones Center
(cs/technology)
(business)
CIT, Fine Arts, Dietrich, Heinz, MCS, SCS, Tepper
32. •Commercial endeavors resulting from
faculty-based research have great
potential to act as engines for the
economic growth and recovery.
•Benefits the region, the nation and the
world.
35. Open Field Entrepreneurs Fund
21 Portfolio Companies
$50K Conv. Note
w/ $50K Match
Jonathan Kaplan, Tepper 1990
Two Classes Per Year
36. The View from Tech Transfer
What are we doing?
• Standard Deal
• Outreach/Office Hours
• Gap Funds
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37. The View from Tech Transfer
How are we doing?
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All Start-ups
CMU #1 in start-ups per research $$s spent
(amongst universities without a medical school)
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Direct
Indirect
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38. The View from Tech Transfer
How are we doing?
In the Region
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39. A Research and Entrepreneurship Showcase
Cells, Circuits and Cities
www.cmu.edu/cie
Notes de l'éditeur
Collaborative and Super Disciplinary , a Carnegie Mellon ThingWe’re arguably the the only university in the world this way.
We are generating a lot of startups. AUTM (Association of University Technology Managers) has rated us the #1 university (without a medical school - #2 overall) in generating startups. 1st in # of start-ups 2009-11 among ‘peers’ (including Stanford, Cal Tech. GA Tech, MIT, UC System, Penn, UT Austin and Columbia) when normalized for research base; Without normalizing we still had three more start-ups than Stanford in that period despite both their far larger research expenditures and ‘seat’ at the center of the blue-chip venture worldBlue = generated from faculty research: Standard deal formula starts at 5% ; add-ons depend on menu selectionRed = student-generated or imported IP: CMU does not own student’s IP and takes no equity (unless working on faculty research).Guiding Principles: Reduce friction, increase volume, provide more resources (mentoring and investment),encouraging and flexible policies (e.g. faculty leaves, etc.)