Technology Ventures Services Group (new name for Fall 2008)
***The TVSG is currently accepting applications for the Fall 2008 semester. Click on the "TVSG Application/Acceptance Criteria" link below for more details.***
Also, a PowerPoint presentation with information about the TVSG is available here.
Clinic participants work closely with Arizona Technology Enterprises (AZTE), a company involved in the commercialization of technological inventions developed at Arizona State University, and technology entrepreneurs to assist with technology commercialization endeavors.
The two main goals of the TVSG are as follows:
1. To help commercialize technology.
2. To provide valuable, real-life, technology commercialization and technology entrepreneurship experience that students can build upon as their careers develop.
TVSG students are involved with creating technology assessments, performing intellectual property analyses, conducting market research and making informed recommendations to clients regarding commercialization strategies, among other tasks. Students also are provided written resources and required to attend a weekly meeting (and seminar course for law students) in which relevant issues including, but not limited to, licensing strategies, entrepreneurship and selection of business entities are discussed.
Students produce actual work products used in real-world commercialization decisions and oftentimes work directly with inventors and potential licensees.