Scientific entrepreneurship: a process of change

We work hard to teach the concepts and skills of entrepreneurship and technology trans-fer. Scientists and engineers bring us their ideas for help in transforming them into reality. But it is not just the ideas that must undergo a process of change, the scientific and technical entrepre-neur must pass through a process of self-change in addition to the traditional learning processes; this process bears a striking similarity to the culture-shock encountered by expatriate business professionals. There are valuable lessons learned for improving the educative process. This paper will discuss the issues, processes, and methods to lower resistance, improve the transfer, and raise the acceptance and effectiveness of the entrepreneurial skill set.