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Learning Center

A collection of videos, webinars, tutorials and talks on innovation, commercialization and technology transfer.
No matter where you are on your journey, there is something for you...

01

Research & Ideation

Generate ideas and hypotheses.
Define your problem and solutions.
Identify users and an unmet need...

02

Development

Comprehensive customer discovery and the business model canvas.
Prototyping and testing with end users.

03

Production & Commercialization

Business best practices, business plans. Production and manufacturing. Partnerships. Licensing and more...

01 Research & Ideation

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Stay tuned for videos on defining your problem, solution, stakeholders and identifying an unmet need.

02 Development

Mapping the AT Tech Transfer Pathway
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Mapping the AT Tech Transfer Pathway:
Getting Paid and Engaging Stakeholders with Dr. Susan Cohen,
Katz School of Business, University of Pittsburgh

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Stay tuned for more videos on intellectual property (IP), market requirements and more.

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Stay tuned for more videos on intellectual property (IP), market requirements and more.

Getting Paid

Assess your revenue model & pricing strategy while testing value proposition on target customers. Be Ready to Pivot!

How do you create value and for whom?

What can you monetize?

Does a relevant system for payment already exist?

Which stakeholders feel the impact of the unmet need? 

How do stakeholders currently pay?

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Engage Your Stakeholders

Identify who your stakeholders are early.

Think beyond the customer.

A stakeholder will ultimately be who pays for your product and may not necessarily be the end user.

 

 

 

 

03 Production & Commercialization

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Stay tuned for videos on commercialization, partnerships, manufacturing, licensing and more.

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About IMPACT

IMPACT initiatives are being developed under a grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR grant number 90DPKT0002). NIDILRR is a Center within the Administration for Community Living (ACL), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). IMPACT initiatives do not necessarily represent the policy of NIDILRR, ACL, or HHS, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.

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