Resources for SDSU Innovators
What do you need to protect your innovation and take it to market? SDSU provides multiple resources to innovators interested in commercializing their discovery or invention.
SDSU's Technology Transfer Office partners with local lawyers who offer free consultation to faculty, staff, and students who are considering launching a startup or need to protect their research products. Lawyers are available monthly. SDSU affiliated entrepreneurs can book an appointment at least a week in advance by contacting the Tech Transfer Team. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (WSGR) is the premier legal advisor to technology, life sciences, and growth enterprises worldwide, as well as the venture firms, private equity firms, and investment banks that finance them. Services include corporate law and governance, public and private offerings of equity and debt securities, mergers and acquisitions, securities class action litigation, intellectual property litigation, antitrust counseling and litigation, joint ventures and strategic alliances, technology licensing and other intellectual property transactions, tax, and employee benefits and employment law, among other areas. Many of Pillsbury's attorneys have advanced degrees in engineering and science, and thus provide particularly insightful representation. This office is committed to meeting every legal need of both emerging and established companies in the areas of:Meet with a Law Firm
Through a partnership with SDSU, experts from Launch Factory's venture studio offer consulting to innovators on the potential product-market fit of their technologies, products and services. Launch Factory specializes in early-stage technologies and how to de-risk them to make them more appealing for investment.Meet with Launch Factory
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Meet with an Innovation Champion
Mentors Who Have Been In Your Shoes
The SDSU Innovation Champions are faculty members who have extensively worked with the Technology Transfer Office to protect their technologies, pursued commercialization options, and have completed additional mentorship training. Their mission is to work directly with faculty, students, and staff in their colleges, sharing advice, resources and lessons they've learned from their own experiences.
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