In 2015, after enjoying a few years as Silicon Valley’s most in-demand startup, Theranos, the blood-testing company named for the portmanteau of “therapeutic” and “diagnostic,” was the subject of a Continue Reading →

In 2014, OTT published a comprehensive survey of all start-up companies founded on Emory intellectual property. The results proved Emory to be an economic hub in the South, generating not Continue Reading →

You’ve filled out all the paperwork, organized all your patents, developed your prototypes, and maybe started selling products. Your company has reached the point where if you want to get Continue Reading →

Getting a startup off the ground is a grueling task. What’s harder is working through the process alone. Luckily, the US federal government recognizes the value in entrepreneurship and as Continue Reading →

This is the companion post to our introduction to business plans, you can find that post here. Executive Summary MotionBud Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets a practical and portable non-pharmaceutical Continue Reading →

A business plan outlines a company’s goals and the strategies by which it achieves these goals. Typically, a business plan consists of: a) an executive summary, b) a description of Continue Reading →

Choosing a corporate structure isn’t just an exercise in paperwork – it determines the company’s tax status, as well as its relationship to potential investors and managers. In this regard, Continue Reading →

In the world of startup funding, resources and donors abound. Securing a piece of this abundance, however, is quite a tricky prospect. Two such funding programs, the STTR (Small Business Continue Reading →