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Welcome to your Startup Guide!  

You’re an innovator, but you don’t know what’s next. Don’t worry, we can help. 

This Guide Includes:

How to build a startup, business planning, protecting your IP, licensing, funding, and links/personalized resources

Don't know where to start? Take our short assessment to get NUtech's recommendation,

Acknowledgment: This Startup Guide is adapted in part, with permission, from the University of Illinois’s Start-Up Handbook, Stanford University’s Startup Handbook, and Johns Hopkins University's Startup Guide.

Mission & Purpose

NUtech Ventures’ Startup Guide is designed to help aspiring University of Nebraska entrepreneurs start their entrepreneurial journey. Our focus is on companies: 

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A) formed to commercialize innovations developed at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and

B)  with intellectual property owned by UNL and assigned to NUtech Ventures.

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University of Nebraska entrepreneurs have started several companies in the last decade based on licenses to UNL innovations. We are proud of all our UNL startups; some examples include Virtual Incision, Sentinel Fertigation, Synbiotic Health, GC Image, Turfgrade, and Drone Amplified.  

NUtech Ventures prepared this guide to help you navigate the entrepreneurship ecosystem not only within the state of Nebraska, but the Midwest region as a whole. No matter which stage in the startup process you are currently at, NUtech has support and resources for you to help you succeed and grow.  

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About NUtech Ventures

NUtech Ventures is the Tech Transfer Office of the University of Nebraska located on Innovation Campus, serving the Lincoln and Kearney campuses. We protect and license the university’s intellectual property and promote entrepreneurship through programming and sponsored events. 

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“Technology Transfer Offices are created to manage Intellectual Property assets and the transfer of knowledge and technology to industry.” - WIPO

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The primary reason NUtech was established is to promote economic development and improve quality of life for Nebraskans by helping move innovations from the lab to the marketplace.  

This Startup Guide contains a multitude of resources to provide a well-rounded and accurate perspective on the startup process. NUtech suggests you explore the Resources and References page if you have questions or are seeking additional information about content within the Guide, as it contains additional links, articles, videos, and other tools to help you understand the content discussed within the Guide. 

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If you still have questions, please email jeakin@nutechventures.org.

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