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‘Make sure you are selling a technology that the world needs’ with Prof Duncan Graham and Prof Karen Faulds

‘Make sure you are selling a technology that the world needs’ with Prof Duncan Graham and Prof Karen Faulds

Update: 2024-05-07
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Duncan Graham and Karen Faulds are both chemistry professors at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. They were part of the team which founded the diagnostics spin-out company D3 Technologies in 2007.

Duncan and Karen share what they learned from both starting and closing the company including:

  • Their long, slow journey to try and make D3 Technologies a viable business
  • The importance of talking to potential customers to make sure they actually want the product
  • Why they are only now considering a new spin-out opportunity
  • How university support for spin-outs has improved since their first attempt

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This podcast was a collaboration between the University of the West of Scotland, Converge and Sarah McLusky. The podcast team includes Orla Kelly, Adam Kosterka, Jen Black and Sarah McLusky. Proudly supported by the Scottish Ecosystem Fund 2023-24.

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‘Make sure you are selling a technology that the world needs’ with Prof Duncan Graham and Prof Karen Faulds

‘Make sure you are selling a technology that the world needs’ with Prof Duncan Graham and Prof Karen Faulds

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