{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Osage University Partners- Funding university spinouts","description":"Manny Stockman is a Partner at Osage University Partners. OUP exclusively invests in startups spun out of university research.  We talk about the investment thesis of Osage University Partners; technology readiness challenges; lessons learned from investing in early stage technologies at universities; challenges with the current market research used to evaluate product market fit; and spend some time talking about equity splits involving non-operating faculty members that co-founded startups.  Shownotes: -&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/oup.vc - No better time to launch a startup in the deeptech space - Startup hubs - Fund background - Investment thesis - Thoughts about market readiness - Being better prepared&amp;nbsp;while approaching Osage: help them get to yes - Preparing to building startups at universities - Advice on amount for money that needs to be raised - Knocking out risks at early stages - How to differentiate signal from noise while talking&amp;nbsp;to experts about new technology - Art of questioning to get to why a technology might not work - Challenges identifying product market fit and a need for new models - Investment amounts and stages: $250k-$8M - Patience while investing - Challenges&amp;nbsp;with equity splits: Evaluating past vs future contributions - Past talk about equity splits at university startups:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DtCe2x12OFI  - Incubator models and thoughts about diluting equity ","author_name":"Lab to Startup","author_url":"https:\/\/labtostartup.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/26273958\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/148455045"}