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Inside Venture Studios: Taylor Bench on Building Startups with University Innovations

In this episode, BYU Tech Transfer Director Dave Brown speaks with Taylor Bench from Summit Venture Studio, a unique venture studio focused on transforming university-based ideas into viable businesses. Taylor explains the venture studio model, specifically how Summit differs by focusing on idea-driven projects rather than founder-led startups. They dive into the process of working with tech transfer offices to identify promising technologies and create companies around them, leveraging intellectual property and research-backed innovations. This conversation is essential for university entrepreneurs, tech transfer professionals, and anyone interested in the growing role of venture studios in tech commercialization.

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