While innovation and entrepreneurship are not typically a linear journey, the following broad categories may help you locate resources for your next step.
1. DISCOVERY.
Conceptualization. Education, creation, recognition, elaboration of opportunities. Basic research, internal and external canvassing, licensing.
2. INCUBATION.
Experimentation. Evolving an opportunity into a business plan. Technical prototyping, market research, iterative design.
3. ACCELERATION.
Commercialization. Developing a business to stand on its own. Focus, response, investment, expansion.