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by slap_shot 1730 days ago
> Likely as a result, they had a sophisticated IP licensing and commercialization operation

Because UF fucked up the Gatorade deal so badly.

I went to UF and worked for a seed investment fund that spun technology out of UF's research labs (and later one of their portfolio companies).

Their research to company pipeline is a beast because they're deathly afraid of making that mistake again.