linknovate, discover innovation trends and new technologies
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Linknovate aims to fundamentally change the way scientists and companies interface. http://linknovate.com/TRANSCRIPT
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5 full-time engineers
Manuel Noya, co-founder2.5y at SRI Int.MSc in Materials Eng. ’10BSc in Materials Eng. ’09BSc in Chemical Eng. ‘06
Javier Cambon, co-founder2 Bay Area start-ups4y at BCGStanford MBA ’12Dual BSc in Mechanical Eng. ‘06
Stefan George, co-founderDjango since ’08Kino1.to and start-upsMSc in IT-Systems Eng. ’13BSc in IT-Systems Eng. ‘10
Leandro Boscariol, employee #1Back-end engineerStefan’s friend and former co-worker
Uxio Fuentefria, employee #2Back-end engineer
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Researchers profiles…
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Why do companies need Linknovate?To dig into scientific data
16,400 results in 0.07 sec
And information keeps growing exponentially
Hard to find relevant data from documents
Offline productionOnline production
“Last time I was looking for an expert, I ended up spending 15 hours on Google Scholar and blasting an email to my whole engineering group, without much success.”
Tech Manager, NASDAQ-100 Semiconductors corp.
“We hire interns to help us with technology scouting. There’s nothing really useful out there for us“
Advanced Technology Engineer, BMW
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Context: Companies search for relevant experts and technologies with a similar structure to the old HR
Bilateral agreements
• Former colleagues / students
• Friends of friends
• Conferences vs. Career fairs
• Literature vs. CVs
Inside
network
Outside
network
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The pace of innovation
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Dramatic consequences
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Dramatic consequences
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Linknovate is easy to use: we simply takeindustry needs to where scientific expertise is
Profiles are created automatically from online sources. Not limited to a “community of solvers”
Search Discover Review
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Better technology scouting with Linknovate
Refine your search by clicking on relevant/non-relevant publications (User relevance feedback algorithms)
Discover experts, research groups and companies.
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Linknovate profiles look like this…
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LKN: Data Insights
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LKN: Tell a story with scholarly data
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Quality brings quantity
University side Company side
