When Should You License Your Technology Instead of Building a Startup

In commercializing your technology there are two primary paths:  building a startup or licensing the technology to others.

You should consider licensing your technology when the following conditions exist:

The development cost of bringing the final product to market is very high.

There’s a high level of risk to the startup from market conditions, product development, and sales execution.

There’s a great deal of competition in the market already.

There’s going to be a great deal of competition in the near future.

There may not be enough revenue to sustain a startup into a full-fledged business.

The inventor does not have sufficient time or financial resources to launch a startup.

The amount of funding required to launch the startup is high.

The technology is a minor value-add to the customer’s solution.

Licensing the technology is a better path for many technologies because there’s insufficient market demand, and high development costs to create the final product.

Consider licensing your technology.

 

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