091021 UM Technology start-up boot camp

一整天一系列關於invention to venture的演講，其實我只聽了前兩個。手冊裡分析企業家特色的要點有幾點我覺得不錯，也適用在PhD訓練心法吧:p

Participatory in management style--willing to share power

high need for achievement coupled with a moderate need for power

supervisory and/or sales experience or skills

persistent--not easily discouraged
willing to live with uncertainty
not defensive--willing to listen to constructive criticism with an open mind
flexible--have the ability to change when he data shows you're going down the wrong path
最後三點看了特別有感觸，前陣子剛好就犯了最後兩個大忌 ，willing to live with uncertainty卻是從以前到現在依然如此。除了以上幾點，手冊裡沒寫，演講過程中卻不斷傳達的一個特質則是信任(trust) ，尤其談到商業化，大家都想保護自己的idea，可是單獨個人卻無法面面俱到處理所有的專業。概括說來，成功的企業以下五點都應該做到：
identifies and evaluates a market opportunity
finds/invents solutions to fulfill that opportunity
acquires the necessary resources-money, people, equipment- to make the business a reality
manages those resources from start-up to survival and expansion
manages the associated risks

其中技術層面可是只佔了1/5！