Developer Government SBIR Technical Review 
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
A critical stage for most first-time entrepreneurs is getting their idea developed into at least a prototype to validate their technology. Acquiring seed-stage funding is admittedly tough, but a source that I find often overlooked is government grant funding, accessible in the U.S. The approval process is long and bureaucratic.
Board Effect
JULY 7, 2021
Government grants for small business startups are plentiful if you know where to look for them. Federal, state, and local governments offer many grants for various types of businesses to help boost the economy. Despite what you may have heard, government grants are competitive, but they’re not necessarily out of reach.
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Steve Blank
AUGUST 21, 2013
In the real world a big pivot in life sciences far down the road of development is a very bad sign due to huge sunk costs. Other pivots involved moving from a platform technology to become a product supplier, moving from a therapeutic drug to a diagnostic or moving from a device that required a PMA to one that required a 510(k).
Steve Blank
JUNE 8, 2021
This class is built on conducting in-person of interviews with customers/ beneficiaries and stakeholders, but due to the pandemic, teams now had to do all their customer discovery via a computer screen. Few consider opportunities to make the world safer with the Department of Defense, Intelligence community or other government agencies.
Austin Startup
AUGUST 30, 2019
SBIR Phase I companies together with relevant Air Force and venture capital stakeholders. What does SBIR Phase I mean, exactly? At Spark Collider, there were 100 companies present that received an initial award from the Department of Defense (DoD)— which denotes them as Phase 1 SBIR Awardees.
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 12, 2015
Thus founders seeking funding for a good cause or a new technology often seize on grants from universities, government agencies and philanthropic organizations as free money to solve their problems. After months of preparation, you should expect another six to nine months for reviews and funding cycles. Technology is not enough.
Steve Blank
JUNE 12, 2020
All the teams used the Mission Model Canvas , (videos here ) Customer Development and Agile Engineering to build Minimal Viable Products, but all of their journeys were unique. Few consider opportunities to make the world safer with the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community or other government agencies. Student Feedback.
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