Welcome to the Epilepsy Therapy Project Innovation Center on Entrepreneurship

Have an idea for a new epilepsy therapy that may help patients?

Content in this section is divided into licensing and entrepreneurship.

Not sure which applies to you? See the section on Licensing or Startup? for more information. Feel free to browse both or skip directly to the Frequently Asked Questions section.

This site will answer questions that scientists, engineers, and investigators may have such as:

• What do investors expect of me?
• What do VCs look for?
• What funding sources are available?
• What do I look for in a business co-founder and what do they expect of me?
• How do I keep from being taken advantage of in a business setting?

To be clear, the term commercialization will often be used and simply means the entire process of developing a new therapy or technology and bringing it to the market. Licensing and entrepreneurship are simply two different modes of commercializing your invention. There is a glossary of terms typically used here.

Invented a technology or drug discovery platform that you want to patent or get funding to develop? Whether you’re starting from step 1 or have some knowledge of the commercialization process, this site will provide advice on next steps to increase your chances of successfully bringing a new therapy to the market for the benefit of epilepsy patients. A key question that it is worth thinking about early on in the process is whether to license your technology or form your own company.

Whether through licensing or entrepreneurship, commercializing your new epilepsy therapy or diagnostic can be an exciting way to see results of your work in the real world. If we are to make progress in the treatment of epilepsy, it is absolutely critical to have researchers who are willing to undertake the unique challenges of commercializing their innovations and bringing them to the bedside for physicians to use and patients to benefit from.