{"id":12026,"date":"2020-07-23T11:55:23","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T15:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.research.ncsu.edu\/orc\/?page_id=12026"},"modified":"2025-10-01T12:40:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T16:40:03","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.ncsu.edu\/commercialization\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How we can help you succeed<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>We provide innovators with programs and services to protect, market, and license intellectual property developed at NC State.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We work with industry partners to assess research for potential commercial success, seek those who can benefit from new technology and develop critical relationships to make the technology commercialization process work.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We provide university entrepreneurs with assistance and resources to launch startups and scale businesses based on 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