The National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer is an interesting organization with interesting content, particularly for those who are working to take university-developed technologies to market.   Their tag line is "NCET2: Creating and Funding GloballyCompetitive University Startups" and their website is at ncet2.org/ .  They offer a series of webinars, including a free course on commercialization  (currently going on, but the slides are available from their site) as well as other more "advanced" courses.

Any inventor, particularly from a university for Federally Funded Lab, should really sit through this content.  Their perspective is that the inventor will be the commercialization driver.  I don't really agree with this - university work is the equivalent of two full time jobs, and entrepreneurship is also two full time jobs, and one person simply can't do everything necessary to stay at a university AND run an entrepreneurial venture (it just doesn't work).  However, for anyone who is interested in helping shepherd a technology out of a university and into industry, the course gives a very good overview of the moving pieces in the commercialization process and I do think it is very worthwhile.

I think the best commercialization opportunities arise from the partnership between an inventor team and a seasoned technology entrepreneur or entrepreneurial team.  This combination of skills and experience brings the necessary pieces to the table to enable a successful go to market strategy.  I often say that taking a university developed technology to market is the toughest type of entrepreneurship - and that is because the technologies that are funded (usually Federally) are not for "little problems" they are for BIG PROBLEMS - and big problems have lots of playes and competitors already around.  So having an entrepreneur who has already gone up the learning curve is really important in getting to success.

So, if you or a partner are a university inventor, the NCET(2) team has a lot of good content that at least gives an overview of "what's going to happen".   I liken it to a Lamaze class for couples experiencing pregnancy - it doesn't "really" prepare you for the trials of labor, but at least you've got an idea of what's coming!