1. The development pathways of many novel neurotechnologies are vulnerable to the ‘valley of death’ – where (often small) businesses fail due to a lack of funding to support them through the lengthy process of translating research into commercially viable products. Please discuss detailed steps for researchers/entrepreneurs used to survive the “valley of death” with Neurotechnology ventures
2. What would be required to get the “BrainGate” system to market in 5 years? Brainstorm novel ideas to make this moonshot possible.