ACS Webinar, May 3, 2012. Judy Giordan moderates, Joseph Steig as speaker. "The market and need for biobased materials for everything from chemical feedstock to full composite reinforcement material is growing every day! How is this supply chain defined? What are the forces governing it? And what are the challenges facing those technologies that need to scale using biobased materials? Find out the answers from our speakers Sharon Feng, Bayer Material Science and Joseph Steig, Natural Composites, Inc."

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ACS Webinar, April 5, 2012. Judy Giordan moderates. "Risks and rewards; learn what it takes to be part of the startup culture! Gain insights with Heidi Friedman, Boston Heart Diagnostics, and Dr. Chris Palatucci, Palatucci Executive Search, LLC."

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Judy and Joseph are featured in this video by Scott Hancock on the Lens of the Market (LoM) workshop offered to the NSF Centers for Chemical Innovation (CCI).

Judy and Joseph describe the Lens of the Market workshop, an opportunity STEM researchers to learn the language and the lens of the market and how to use this to further their research and potentially solve some of the great challenges facing the world today.  Students who recently attended a LoM workshop discuss what they learned, such as their place in the value chain and the language of the market, and how Judy and Joseph's facilitation of the workshop really made it enjoyable and informative.

CSMC Webinar, February 2, 2012. Judy Giordan moderates. The basis for most ventures based on discoveries in science and engineering is their inventions—their intellectual property. And the importance of protecting intellectual property—these all important intangible assets—in an appropriate way becomes a key factor in the ability of any researcher to realize the translation of their research to a marketable product or service!

But how can research be protected? What are the options for protecting your intellectual property? What is the role of the Tech Transfer office in protecting and commercializing university IP? What are the roles of students, post docs and professors in this protection process? What are the similarities and differences in protecting intellectual property for new materials and their uses from other types of inventions?

Listen to Judy and distinguished panelists Dr. Mary Foley-Phillips, Associate Director - Intellectual Property and Licensing, Oregon State University, and Mr. Stacey Slater, Partner, Klarquist Sparkman, LLP, take live audience questions on translating university research into market oriented innovations!

The NCIIA in conjunction with ecosVC released video series discussing the importance of the team when bringing research through from an idea to commercialization.  Six experts share their thoughts on how the people you choose to work with can greatly impact your success as an innovator and entrepreneur.

Judy Giordan, Partner ecosVC and Senior Advisor to the NCIIA, explains that the best teams are created when everyone is superb individually at what they do but want to work together in an interdisciplinary team, and that ability to work and think interdisciplinarily is crucial to future success.

This video series was supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation, grant CHE #0920877.

The NCIIA in conjunction with ecosVC released video series discussing sources of funding for new technology ventures.  Three experts provide an introduction into the complex world of new venture finance.

Joseph Steig, Partner ecosVC and Treasurer & Manager of Venture Development to the NCIIA, explains that venture capital isn't the only source of funding out there - there's friends and family and angel investors to consider as well.  University students have many resources available to them through their university technology transfer office.

This video series was supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation, grant CHE #0920877.​​

The NCIIA in conjunction with ecosVC released video series discussing how understanding customers' needs is essential for innovators and entrepreneurs.  Seven experts share their thoughts on how to understand customers' needs and how to go about meeting them.

Judy Giordan, Partner ecosVC and Senior Advisor to the NCIIA, explains that viewing research through the lens of the market in addition to the lens of pure research can truly spur innovation and be a benefit to the innovators, the economy and the world.

This video series was supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation, grant CHE #0920877.

The NCIIA in conjunction with ecosVC released video series discussing the importance of advisors to young entrepreneurs.  Five experts share their thoughts on how mentors can offer advice, access to networks, sound advice, and business planning input.

Joseph Steig, Partner ecosVC and Treasurer & Manager of Venture Development to the NCIIA, explains how vital the credibility that advisors lend to young entrepreneurs and their ventures is to their success in securing future funding and support.

This video series was supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation, grant CHE #0920877.

The NCIIA in conjunction with ecosVC released video series discussing women's perspectives on entrepreneurship.  Three experts share their thoughts on the challenges of being a female scientist or entrepreneur, and advise women in these fields to persevere and to let these challenges make them stronger.

Judy Giordan, Partner ecosVC and Senior Advisor to the NCIIA, explains that we all view the world and everyone in it through different lenses, and we need to use these lenses to discover and embrace opportunities, rather than allowing them to limit us.

This video series was supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation, grant CHE #0920877.​

The Center for Sustainable Materials Chemistry (CSMC) is a National Science Foundation (NSF) Phase II Center for Chemical Innovation (CCI) that transitioned from a Phase I CCI in October 2011 (award # 1102637).  Judy and Joseph work with the CSMC to deliver workshops for the students.  Joseph moderated the electronic and electro-optical films panel, a key focus of the science at the CSMC.

The Center for Sustainable Materials Chemistry (CSMC) is a National Science Foundation (NSF) Phase II Center for Chemical Innovation (CCI) that transitioned from a Phase I CCI in October 2011 (award # 1102637).  Judy and Joseph work with the CSMC to deliver workshops for the students.  Judy moderated the functional coatings and materials panel, a key focus of the science at the CSMC.

ACS Webinar, October 20, 2011.  Joseph Steig moderates.  "You may have a great idea, but how do you persuade investors to sustain funding all the way from development to market?  Raising capital is among the most fundamental of all business activities, yet it is one of the least understood by scientists. Get valuable inside perspectives on what investors look for and learn the keys to building a high growth venture! Join our speakers, Joseph Steig, Director of VentureWell at NCIIA, and Dr. Stephen Flaim, President of San Diego Tech Coast Angels, as they reveal the “art” in startups!"

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Judy was a speaker in the Joseph Priestley Society Lecture Series at the Chemical Heritage Foundation, in Philadelphia, PA.  Her talk was titled "21st Century Technology Commercialization – A New Contact Sport".  Judy discusses Open Innovation and its corporate implications, the need to education scientists and engineers to give them the lens of the market, and how embracing diversity benefits all.  Click here to listen to the audio from the lecture provided by CHF!

At the Nanomanufacturing Summit 2011 in Boston, MA, Judy presented "Research to Innovation to Venture: An Education and Venture Development Process... GOAL: Sustainable Materials Commercialization and Innovator Preparation" in the "High Performance Green Nanomaterials for Electronics & Industrial Applications" session.  Judy discusses how education can prepare scientists and engineers to become the innovators needed in today's economy, and that embracing the lens of the market concurrent with the lens of research is the path to realizing innovations.

Judy's thoughts on the "valley of death" were highlighted in the August 8, 2011, print edition of Business Week.

Judy Giordan and Joseph Steig spoke at the Fall 2011 American Chemical Society meeting Denver, discussing financing options and strategies for your business.  Raising money is a contact sport, and all sources of funding are NOT equal!  Your credibility is always a key factor in your success!

Download the slides here.

ACS Webinar, July 21, 2011.  Judy Giordan moderates. "Many businesses fail because they are late to recognize key changes in the technology and market landscape. How can you make sure your business, products, and services remain relevant to your customers? Join our speakers Pamela Roach and Elaine Harris, of Breakthrough Marketing Technology, as they share tangible strategies that can help you stay competitive and grow your business!"

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Judy shares her thoughts on women in science, engineering, and business in an Angel Resource Institute blog post on July 21, 2011.  In "Women and the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: Diversification Leads to More and Better Deals" Judy discusses why having women involved in entrepreneurial ventures, either as innovators or as investors, is critical to the future.   The large global issues of sustainability, energy, and food production "...they are going to be solved by systems thinking from women and men," Judy said.  "A more diverse, highly trained set of opinions gets you a better set of answers."

The award winning paper "Transforming the Practices and Rationale for Educational Programs to Aid Academic Researchers in Translating Research into Innovations and Ventures" written by Judy Giordan, Joseph Steig and their colleagues from NCIIA.  This paper was presented on June 28 at the 118th Annual ASEE (American Society of Engineering Educators) Conference. It was awarded "best paper" in the Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division of ASEE.

Judy Giordan and Joseph Steig co-authored a May 18, 2011 article on Xconomy.  In "Innovation as King Is Dead. The Day of the Innovator Has Arrived" Judy and Joseph address the underlying issues challenging science and engineering innovation in the United States, and how these issues are of vast importance for the economy, the nation and ultimately the entire world. They recommend a path forward for business leaders, scientists and engineers to work together on "...transforming the Valley of Death into what it truly is: a Time of Brilliance..."!