A start-up is by definition lacking in experience. And though a few lucky ones have veteran leaders who’ve been through the process before, that’s the exception rather than the rule when it comes to university spinouts. It stands to reason, then, that start-up managers are in dire need of best practices, and that’s exactly what Georgia Tech’s Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) is delivering. The center has posted a series of best practice documents on its website in an attempt to reach out to more of the region’s start-ups than it can work with directly. “We’ve been trying to reach beyond the bricks and mortar of Georgia Tech, to figure out how to help accelerate companies that for some reason aren’t good candidates for our incubator,” says Stephen Fleming, vice provost of Tech’s Enterprise Innovation Institute and acting director of ATDC, a start-up accelerator. “How do we scale and reach people who we don’t share a water fountain with? One avenue is a better set of resources. These best practices are things we’ve been sharing with our existing clients for a long time,” Fleming comments. Several of those best practices – focusing on elevator pitches, business plan summaries, and investor communications – are detailed in an article in the December issue of Technology Transfer Tactics. For subscription information, CLICK HERE.