Here's the underlying problem: again and again, university tech transfer offices want to have it both ways. (eff.org)
More than 150 universities, including MIT and Stanford, now have tech transfer offices focused on matching scientists with entrepreneurs, and many allow staff members to devote up to 20 percent of their time to consulting at businesses that license technology created by them. (inc.com)
In the case of tech transfer, I set up informational interviews with the director of the licensing office at my own university, with a former student who was employed at another nearby tech transfer office, and with a networking contact (the friend of a fellow student) working at yet another local office. (sciencemag.org)