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Re:We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam to retu... by vlad_ungureanu on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @07:59AM (#38378561)
Interesting, I always thought that research and startups are very similar. Where you have something (product/research-idea) which you think is novel and try to sell it (journals/customers).

The management skills which you potentiated differentiated the success of the two firms. I can see how the lack of this might be wildly spread out in academia.

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Re:We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam to retu... by mikpanko on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @08:54AM (#38379140)
Most startups need to do a very different type of research than academia. They need to move very fast and test ideas against the market. In my experience, most academic research is moving pretty slowly due to different goals and incentives - and at times it can be a good thing.
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