A symposium at SciX LI sought to demystify commercialization of academically developed technologies, focused on analytical and spectroscopic measurements. Speakers ranged from those with successful commercial products to those in the early stages of product development. Speakers sought to explain the challenges, motivations, excitement, and frustrations of moving beyond technical papers and patents to making saleable products and successful enterprises. Their insights are summarized.
Dukor et al. (Sun,) studied this question.