# Spinning Off OSU Technology As A Startup: A Decade Of Work By Faculty And Grad Students Spawns A Business

> What makes a successful entrepreneur is a topic studied as much as in business schools today, including Oklahoma State University's Spears School of Business, as pinpointing genetic mutations responsible for disease is in biomedical research.

**Last updated:** 2026-03-03

**Source:** https://live-roll2roll.pantheonsite.io/news/spinning-osu-technology-startup-decade-work-faculty-and-grad-students-spawns-business

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What makes a successful entrepreneur is a topic studied as much as in business schools today, including Oklahoma State University's Spears School of Business, as pinpointing genetic mutations responsible for disease is in biomedical research.

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