Academic projects that were monetized by their creators?

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In the spirit of "Successful one-person online businesses" &sup1;, - I'm curious to know about academic research projects that were monetized by their creator(s).[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22858035

chunkles · Accepted Answer

Google http://infolab.stanford.edu/~backrub/google.html

Finnucane · Answer

Monetized directly by the creators, or by the institutions they work for? Most research-oriented universities have established offices to commercialize work done on campus, and &lsquo;incubator&rsquo; programs to spin off development.

Academic projects that were monetized by their creators?

In the spirit of "Successful one-person online businesses" ¹, - I'm curious to know about academic research projects that were monetized by their creator(s).
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22858035

Google http://infolab.stanford.edu/~backrub/google.html

Monetized directly by the creators, or by the institutions they work for? Most research-oriented universities have established offices to commercialize work done on campus, and ‘incubator’ programs to spin off development.