Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2015

they can visit the directory of government grant alternatives, which is searchable and features more than a thousand federal programs, or more locally the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR), with opportunities for high technology startups. In the U.S. Of course, nothing is really free in the business world.

SBIR 120

SBIR Equity Technical Review Early Stage 120

Steve Blank

JUNE 12, 2020

The eight teams spoke to over 945 beneficiaries, stakeholders, requirements writers, program managers, warfighters, legal, security, customers, etc. Second, doing customer discovery via video actually increased the number of interviews the students were able to do each week.

Oakland 301

Oakland Asia Lean Video 301

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

is still using a McNamara-era requirements and acquisition system designed by financial managers from Ford and imposed on the DOD in the early 1960s. All the services have incubators, Accelerator’s, and SBIR programs. And we repeated the obvious (that the system is broken) and the not so obvious – the U.S.

Technology 436

Technology China Russia Silicon Valley 436

Steve Blank

JUNE 7, 2019

The eight teams spoke to over 820 beneficiaries, stakeholders, requirements writers, program managers, warfighters, legal, security, customers, etc. Watching each of the teams present I was left with wonder and awe about what they accomplished in 10 weeks. The NSF observed, “The class is the scientific method for entrepreneurship.

Oakland 266

Oakland Lean SBIR Afghanistan 266

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

She’s currently Co-Founder and Managing Partner of WestExec Advisors , and former Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), a bipartisan national security think tank. I think the name of the game is managing this competition, fostering cooperation where we can. And you have to incent that.

Technology 300

Technology China United States Government 300

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Policy makers need to know: regulations designed to manage big-companies actually protect those companies by stifling innovation (and competition) from startups. In many cases I look at an SBIR and say "how about I just build that and sell it to you when it's done," but that is unrealistic today.

DC 90

DC Washington San Francisco SBIR 90

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

is still using a McNamara-era requirements and acquisition system designed by financial managers from Ford and imposed on the DOD in the early 1960s. All the services have incubators, Accelerator’s, and SBIR programs. And we repeated the obvious (that the system is broken) and the not so obvious – the U.S.

Technology 228

Technology China Russia Silicon Valley 228

Steve Blank

MARCH 29, 2016

Prior to his public service, Javier spent 20+ years in investing, management, entrepreneurial and public policy, starting as a strategy consultant at McKinsey and Booz, Allen and at Abbott Laboratories. Small Business Administration ’s Associate Administrator and chief of its investment and innovation programs.

Small Business Administration 120

Small Business Administration SBIR United States Entrepreneur 120

Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2018

Six teams spoke to over 600 beneficiaries, stakeholders, requirements writers, program managers, warfighters, legal, security, customers, etc. It was adopted by the National Science Foundation in 2012 to train Principal Investigators who wanted to get a federal grant for commercializing their science (an SBIR grant.)

Southern California 163

Southern California San Diego Mississippi SBIR 163

ithacaVC

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Apart from SBIR/STIR grants (which often literally are used to start companies based on university research), my general view is that startups should NOT overly rely on the government for anything. I am always very cautious when it comes to government grants and government supported competitions.

Government 40

Government SBIR Dilution Portfolio 40

Feld Thoughts

MAY 20, 2012

I founded MoveableCode back in 2009, initially to do some mobile Augmented Reality research on a National Science Foundation SBIR grant. Triv was an engineer at a company I worked for when I first came to the US as a product manager. First – an overview on what I’m working on now. He used to be a client of mine.

SBIR 130

SBIR India Campaign Mobile 130

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Much like the NIH SBIR program.) Imagine a future when you get an Apple Watch (or equivalent) through your insurer to monitor your health for early warning signs of heart attack, stroke, Parkinson’s disease and to help you monitor and manage diabetes, as well as reminding you about medications and tracking your exercise. The Future.

China 67

China Technical Review Software Review Algorithm 67