This step must of course be preceded by the description of your technology in an invention declaration, and by the implementation of an effective strategy to protect the intellectual property linked to the invention. Once the technology is mature enough to be transferred to the partner, a term sheet defining the rights of exploitation on the technology that will be transferred to the operator is defined with his collaboration.

Finally, once these steps have been completed, it is possible to estimate the value linked to this transfer. The procedures for distributing financial returns are defined in UNamur's intellectual property regulations, available in the IP Protection Manual.

Before any financial, legal or even tax issues, one of the first steps in the preparation phase of your project is to design a market study. If carried out properly, this will enable you to answer a series of questions vital to the success of your project. Gathering and analyzing this information (as exhaustively as possible) will give you a better understanding of the real environment in which you will be setting up your business, and thus reduce uncertainties. Market research also helps to give your project credibility in the eyes of third parties, in particular potential investors and financial partners.

These results will then enable you to define your business strategy, draw up your action plan to be undertaken over the next few years and your provisional financial plan.

The Business Plan allows you to refine and structure your ideas in writing. This synthetic document will complete your market study with forecast data on the strategic, commercial, economic and financial levels.

Drafting a Business Plan can seem tedious and time-consuming. That's why ADRE can help you draw it up. We'll help you ask the right questions and structure the information and analyses with the aim of creating a clear, comprehensive, logical and high-quality document together.