Startup Act 2.0 Fails to Address the Danger of Innovators as “Free Agents”

Startup Act 2.0: Free Agency Is Still There, Still a Problem

On May 22nd, Sens. Moran and Warner were joined by Sens. Rubio and Coons in introducing Startup Act 2.0, a revised version of legislation proposed last December that contained questionable provisions to allow university professors to choose their own agents to help...
Startup Act 2.0 Fails to Address the Danger of Innovators as “Free Agents”

The Free Agency of Ideas

Laura Schoppe, president of Fuentek, a consulting company in North Carolina that works with university technology licensing offices to commercialize research, and whose company would likely benefit from the bill’s passage, said she opposes the policy because of...
Startup Act 2.0 Fails to Address the Danger of Innovators as “Free Agents”

Concerns Raised About Bill Aimed at Boosting Startups

That’s the part of the bill that has Laura Schoppe, president of tech transfer company Fuentek, and some of her colleagues skeptical. “Our concern is the practicality of implementation,” she says. “UNC, larger universities, they are overburdened just by the technology...
Startup Act 2.0 Fails to Address the Danger of Innovators as “Free Agents”

The Latest News About the AUTM GTP

On behalf of the AUTM Board, I’d like to thank Laura Schoppe, AUTM VP for Strategic Alliances for the incredible amount of personal/volunteer time and effort she provided to make the GTP a reality. The idea for the GTP first arose after AUTM surveyed members. We...