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Why The Pentagon Can’t Count: It’s Time to Reinvent the Audit

Steve Blank

What if we could provide the defense department with new technology, new approaches to auditing, analytics practices, audit research, and standards, all while creating audit and data management research and a new generation of finance applications and vendors? The Pentagon Once Led Business Innovation. The Road Not Taken.

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Small Business Grants: The Facts and The Fiction

Up and Running

I say “for the most part” because government grants for small businesses do exist, but the opportunity to secure one is limited to a narrow field of candidates. Here’s what you need to know about government grants for small businesses, who is eligible to receive them, and how to go about getting them.

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Small Business Grants: The Facts and The Fiction

Up and Running

I say “for the most part” because government grants for small businesses do exist, but the opportunity to secure one is limited to a narrow field of candidates. Here’s what you need to know about government grants for small businesses, who is eligible to receive them, and how to go about getting them.

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Extending and Expanding Aid – Some Policy Ideas

VC Adventure

Overall, despite the size and scale of the existing aid packages, I think more needs to be done to help prop up the economy and especially to target some of the businesses that need and deserve help but are being left behind by the current programs. PPP Program. – Expand the program beyond the current $349Bn, of course.

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Capital Factory Center for Defense Innovation Year One Success Stories

Austin Startup

We knew when we started that it is hard for small businesses to work with the government. We had no way of predicting the scale of what actually happened… Thirty-one Capital Factory community members received funding through government and defense innovation programs worth more than $63 million. application cycle!

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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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Free Government Money for Startups

David Teten

He concludes by asking his readers to look into grant programs available for startups. Nevertheless, a number of portfolio companies have asked us our thoughts on access to government finance sources, so we wanted to write a summary of options we think helpful. o California Conservation Innovation Grant Program. California.