{"podcast":{"title":"The Bottom Line","slug":"the-bottom-line-1067438","podcast_index_feed_id":1067438,"rss_url":"https://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/b006sz6t.rss","website_url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006sz6t","image_url":"http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/3000x3000/p0lj0v13.jpg","author":"BBC","episode_count":428,"summary":"Evan Davis hosts the business conversation show with people at the top giving insight into what matters","last_synced_at":"2026-06-12T00:17:34.720641+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bottom-line-1067438"},"episode":{"title":"Spinouts: How Can Universities Turn Research Into Successful Businesses?","slug":"spinouts-how-can-universities-turn-research-into-successful-businesses","published_at":"2025-10-02T11:04:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bottom-line-1067438/spinouts-how-can-universities-turn-research-into-successful-businesses","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bottom-line-1067438","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002k4kp","audio_url":"http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0m63n8z.mp3","summary":"What happens when university research becomes a business? It’s called a spin-out and it’s built Silicon Valley, with Stanford University at the centre. In the UK, Oxford alone has launched more than 200 in the last 15 years. Whether it’s a new drug, software or material, brilliant university research can create huge rewards – for founders, universities and the economy. But also battles over who really owns the idea and should get a share of the equity. Does the spin-out system deliver or does it stall? Evan Davis and a panel of guests discuss. Guests: Molly Allington, CEO of Albotherm Harry Destecroix, co-founder of Ziylo and also founder of incubator Science Creates in Bristol Amber Hill, founder of Research Grid Production team: Presenter: Evan Davis Producers: Phoebe Keane and Sally Abrahams Production co-ordinator: Rosie Strawbridge Sound engineer: Rod Farquhar Editor: Matt Willis","meta_description":"What happens when university research becomes a business? It’s called a spin-out and it’s built Silicon Valley, with Stanford University at the centre. In…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1864,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-bottom-line-1067438/episodes/spinouts-how-can-universities-turn-research-into-successful-businesses/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bottom-line-1067438/spinouts-how-can-universities-turn-research-into-successful-businesses.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}