DARMSTADT. (red). “Spin-offs are an essential building block for transferring innovations from excellent basic research into practice,” explained TU Darmstadt President Prof. Dr. Tanja Brühl at the start of an event with the digital minister of the Hesse, Prof. Dr. Kristina Sinemus, members of the executive board of TU Darmstadt, Barbara Diehl as representative of the German Agency for Disruptive Innovations (SPRIN-D) and founders of TU Darmstadt. The purpose of the event was to discuss the success factors for the success of spin-offs.