Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2021

Hacking for Defense has its origins in the Lean LaunchPad class I first taught at Stanford in 2011. The same year we started the class, it was adopted by the National Science Foundation to train Principal Investigators who wanted to get a federal grant for commercializing their science (an SBIR grant.) It Started With An Idea.

Lean 385

Lean Security Asia SBIR 385

Steve Blank

JUNE 12, 2020

Hacking for Defense has its origins in the Lean LaunchPad class I first taught at Stanford in 2011. The same year we started the class, it was adopted by the National Science Foundation to train Principal Investigators who wanted to get a federal grant for commercializing their science (an SBIR grant.) It Started with an Idea.

Oakland 301

Oakland Asia Lean Video 301

Steve Blank

MAY 12, 2015

SBIR/STTR Program and Startup Seed Funding. The Small Business Innovative Research ( SBIR ) and Small Business Technology Transfer ( STTR ) programs are startup seed funds created by Congress to encourage U.S. The SBIR/STTR program made ~6,200 seed stage investments in 2014, dwarfing the seed investments made by venture capital.

SBIR 120

SBIR Maryland Lean Seed Stage 120

Steve Blank

JUNE 7, 2019

Hacking for Defense has its origins in the Lean LaunchPad class I first taught at Stanford in 2011. The same year we started the class, it was adopted by the National Science Foundation to train Principal Investigators who wanted to get a federal grant for commercializing their science (an SBIR grant.) It Started with an Idea.

Oakland 266

Oakland Lean SBIR Afghanistan 266

Gust

DECEMBER 1, 2011

Dr. Carl Schramm, Kauffman CEO , recently said that startup formation is stagnant or even decreasing in the US in the second half of 2011. Several sources (including Startup by Elizabeth Edwards ) estimate that $2-3 billion per year is awarded to very early stage companies by federal government grants (mostly SBIRs).

SBIR 120

SBIR Startup New York City Angel Investor 120

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Alex has helped bring more than $160 million in funding to Texas startups through SBIR, STTR and other government funding programs for companies like Essentium, ICON 3D, and LIFT Aircraft. STOIKY is his callsign.

Austin 110

Austin Texas Cofounder Los Angeles 110

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 22, 2011

585: Small Business Size Standard Flexibility Act of 2011 (Introduced 2/9/2011). 448: Small Business Innovation Enhancement Act of 2011(Introduced 1/26/2011). This law will increase the SBA budget for awards to business via the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) programs over the next 5 years.

Small Business 73

Small Business SBA SBIR Programming 73