Nick McNaughton: Turning academics into entrepreneurs is a matter

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Nick McNaughton: Turning academics into entrepreneurs is a matter of national security

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The Australian government wants to get 1,800 more PhD candidates to commercialise their work over the next decade, as part of the A$2.2bn University Research Commercialization Action Plan. But turning PhD students and early-career researchers into entrepreneurs is not a simple task. How do you identify the right people and train them to embrace a more commercial way of thinking?

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