Steve Blank
APRIL 12, 2013
SBIR and STTR programs, the Torch Program’s funding for new ventures was limited to seed funding the front end. The market was created to provide startups and their investors liquidity. China’s venture capital system has made a remarkable journey from the “state owns everything” to the free market. Like the U.S. Lessons Learned.
Steve Blank
APRIL 12, 2013
SBIR and STTR programs, the Torch Program’s funding for new ventures was limited to seed funding the front end. The market was created to provide startups and their investors liquidity. China’s venture capital system has made a remarkable journey from the “state owns everything” to the free market. Like the U.S. Lessons Learned.
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Gust
DECEMBER 1, 2011
Several sources (including Startup by Elizabeth Edwards ) estimate that $2-3 billion per year is awarded to very early stage companies by federal government grants (mostly SBIRs). At $100,000 or so per grant, perhaps 2-3000 pre-seed and seed/startup companies receive SBIRs and other government grants per year.
Steve Blank
APRIL 11, 2013
Examples are Hollywood for movies, Milan for fashion, New York for finance and today, Silicon Valley for technology entrepreneurship. It has become China’s Silicon Valley. government’s SBIR and STTR programs. Industries have a competitive advantage when related companies cluster in a geographical location.
Steve Blank
APRIL 11, 2013
Examples are Hollywood for movies, Milan for fashion, New York for finance and today, Silicon Valley for technology entrepreneurship. It has become China’s Silicon Valley. government’s SBIR and STTR programs. Industries have a competitive advantage when related companies cluster in a geographical location.
David Teten
DECEMBER 2, 2019
Nearly every major Silicon Valley venture-capital firm has now invested in a B Corp ; maybe you will be one of them! Our program mixes the best of both Washington and Silicon Valley, bringing together stakeholders in policy and technology to train the next generation of policy entrepreneurs. Aspen Tech Policy Hub.
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 8, 2009
Much of what makes the USA, and Silicon Valley in particular, such a great place to start a company is the result of good government policy. 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.
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