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Grants May Be Free, But They Do Come at a Price

Startup Professionals Musings

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. In the U.S. Experts are available but expensive. Pursue at least two sources in parallel. Search for special stimulus areas and tax breaks.

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

Steve Blank

I pointed out that this program wouldn’t need more funds since the Department of Defense could allocate 10% of the $428M we were spending on auditors and fund SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) programs in auditing/data management/finance to generate 5-10 new startups in this space each year. Lessons Learned.