Ewan Kirk has taken on the role of entrepreneur in residence at the University of Cambridge, focusing on supporting STEM students and staff in entrepreneurship. He offers practical advice on launching businesses, including organizing lectures and providing drop-in sessions for individualized guidance. Kirk emphasizes the importance of developing commercial pathways for academic technologies and stresses that the UK must enhance talent retention in STEM to maintain its status as a science superpower. His experience reflects the challenges and opportunities faced by budding entrepreneurs in academia.
I also ran a series of drop-in sessions, during which people could discuss their ideas, ask for career or interview advice or talk about their next steps after earning their PhD.
Sometimes, faculty members will connect me with a postdoc who wants to talk about a piece of technology they have developed, and whether there is a commercial angle.
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