Iris is the head of the Transfer Department at Mittelhessen University of Applied Sciences and has many years of experience in technology transfer. She is particularly familiar with cooperation projects between science and industry and with patent law issues.4

Her advice to founders is: "Trust your knowledge and skills, but don't be afraid to ask others for advice and help from time to time, because this is not an admission of weakness, but of strength. Critical questioning will move you forward, even if it hurts sometimes."