Engaging a network of experts that help founders navigate intellectual property management is critical for laying the foundation for sustainable growth. Among the many competencies that founders need in order to bring innovative ideas to market, managing their IP often remains an unknown source of value creation and risk mitigation. Even within the entrepreneur’s ecosystem, theories about the role of intellectual property cover a wide spectrum from underestimating to overestimating its relevance for start-ups and their stakeholders, e.g., investors, established corporations (for partnering, as clients, or as future exit target), universities and transfer centres. | 
