How to Use TechNeeds

How to Use TechNeeds

See Also:

TechNeed: Anonymous and Powerful; Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), Search Tips; yet2.com Categories for TechPaks and TechNeeds

What´s on this Page:

How to Create Your Own TechNeed
How to Respond to Someone Else´s TechNeed
How to Monitor yet2.com Automatically for New TechNeeds

How to Create Your Own TechNeed

TechNeeds have proven to be the most powerful way to discover new technologies to solve your problems. Because the technology that answers a TechNeed does not need to be listed on the site already, technology providers can contact you with solutions you could not know they have.

Important: To post a TechNeed on yet2.com, your organization needs to be authorized to do so by the yet2.com administrator, and you need to have TechNeed posting privileges set for you by your group Administrator.

To create your own TechNeed:

Log in, and click My yet2.com on the menu bar.
In Actions: TechNeeds on the lefthand sidebar, click Create TechNeed. yet2.com displays the TechNeed form. Learn more about the fields of the TechNeed form here: TechNeed: Anonymous and Powerful.
When you have completed the form, click Submit. yet2.com displays a thank-you message. Depending on how your account and your own membership is set up, your TechNeed may need to be approved by your in-licensing Administrator for approval, or may go directly to yet2.com for approval. You should receive an email advising you when your TechNeed appears on yet2.com.

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How to Respond to Someone Else´s TechNeed

You can respond to a TechNeed even if you do not have a technology currently posted on yet2.com.

To respond to a TechNeed:

While viewing a TechNeed, click Respond to TechNeed in the sidebar (to the left). yet2.com displays the Respond to a TechNeed page.
Complete the response form. Table 1 explains the fields of the response form.

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Table 1. Fields for the Respond to TechNeed form

Field

Explanation

Overview of Your Solution

Required. This is intended to be a basic explanation of the technology that you have to offer. You should be sure to mention how it solves the problem listed in the TechNeed.

Current State of Development of Your Solution

Required. Click the radio button that most closely describes your technology´s development stage. There is a box that allows you to describe a stage not listed in the form.

Is Technical Documentation Available?

Required. Most technologies require some documentation.

Is Technical Assistance Available?

Required. Technology transfer is a complex process, often requiring you to loan out experts to the licensee. If such assistance is available, please click Yes.

Is There Patent Protection for Your Solution?

Optional. Existing patents or applications for patents may be important to the prospective licensee. However, listing your patents here may compromise your anonymity in responding to the TechNeed. (A prospective licensee can look up your patent and learn who you are.)

Your Company Demographics

Depending on your permissions, this information can appear as unchangeable or changeable. If you are a group Adminsitrator, you may review and if necessary change the values for Business Type, Annual Revenue, and Years in Business.

Your Contact Information

Your correct email address and phone number are required so that yet2.com (and eventually the potential licensee) can get in touch with you. yet2.com automatically supplies your name. It is strongly suggested (but not required) that you supply your job title.

Click Submit. yet2.com displays a thank-you message. The yet2.com administrator will contact you shortly.

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How to Monitor yet2.com Automatically for New TechNeeds

One of the most powerful uses for saved searches is to set up a search that watches for new TechNeeds in your field of expertise. Saved searches run periodically for you, even if you are not logged in, and can automatically send you an email notification when new TechNeeds appear that meet your criteria.

To set up a search for new TechNeeds:

Log in, and then click List a Technology on the blue menu bar. The List a Technology page is where you search for other people´s TechNeeds -- to see whether there are needs that you can fill with your technology (even if you don´t choose to list it right now).
In the search box at the bottom of the page, enter search terms that describe the technology needs you believe you can fill. For example, aerospace or chemical processing.
Your search terms help determine the success of your search. Remember that people searching for solutions likely will not know ahead of time the right solution until you propose it -- so they are unlikely to place in their TechNeeds words and phrases that perfectly describe your technology. Would a chemical feedstock producer necessarily know to look for "laminar flow airfoil technology" to help develop the blades of a new mixer? No, but the technology may be applicable nonetheless. If your expertise is in laminar flow, you may need to search for TechNeeds that involve blades, impellers, propellers, airfoils, thrust, venturi, or even fluid dynamics.

Tip: Placing commas between your search terms is equivalent to OR, and broadens your search. Placing AND between search terms narrows your search by including all terms. See Search Tips for more information.

Click Go to execute the search. yet2.com displays the search results page, with the TechNeed tab highlighted, showing that you are looking at TechNeed listings. Because you are setting up a search to notify you about new TechNeeds, your search is effective even if it returns no immediate results (but it´s always nice to see results that you can use immediately).
Click Save Search. yet2.com displays the Save Search page.
Give your saved search a title, and then click the check box for Send email notification. Optionally, you can click Save results of the search. Save results accumulates any results from periodically running the saved search. This happens automatically. You can review saved search results by clicking the name of your saved search on the My yet2.com page.

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Table 1. Fields for the Respond to TechNeed form
Field	Explanation
Overview of Your Solution	Required. This is intended to be a basic explanation of the technology that you have to offer. You should be sure to mention how it solves the problem listed in the TechNeed.
Current State of Development of Your Solution	Required. Click the radio button that most closely describes your technology´s development stage. There is a box that allows you to describe a stage not listed in the form.
Is Technical Documentation Available?	Required. Most technologies require some documentation.
Is Technical Assistance Available?	Required. Technology transfer is a complex process, often requiring you to loan out experts to the licensee. If such assistance is available, please click Yes.
Is There Patent Protection for Your Solution?	Optional. Existing patents or applications for patents may be important to the prospective licensee. However, listing your patents here may compromise your anonymity in responding to the TechNeed. (A prospective licensee can look up your patent and learn who you are.)
Your Company Demographics	Depending on your permissions, this information can appear as unchangeable or changeable. If you are a group Adminsitrator, you may review and if necessary change the values for Business Type, Annual Revenue, and Years in Business.
Your Contact Information	Your correct email address and phone number are required so that yet2.com (and eventually the potential licensee) can get in touch with you. yet2.com automatically supplies your name. It is strongly suggested (but not required) that you supply your job title.


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How to Use TechNeeds

See Also:

What´s on this Page:

How to Create Your Own TechNeed

To create your own TechNeed:

How to Respond to Someone Else´s TechNeed

To respond to a TechNeed:

How to Monitor yet2.com Automatically for New TechNeeds

To set up a search for new TechNeeds: