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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 26: Javier Saade and Hillary Hartley

Steve Blank

The Small Business Administration and the digital services agency 18F are trying to help entrepreneurs build successful companies and the 21st century digital government. Small Business Administration. Small Business Administration ’s Associate Administrator and chief of its investment and innovation programs.

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What would you want to tell Washington DC about startups?

Startup Lessons Learned

Its impossible to resist the urge to plug Virgin America as much as possible. I'll add one more point: The SBIR program is based on a dated notion of small business research, and the multi-year process doesn't line up with the speed of many modern startups. Please leave a comment and lets discuss!

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