Board Effect

JULY 7, 2021

Two notable federal grant programs are the Small Business Innovation Research grant program (SBIR) and the Small Business Technology Transfer Program (STTR). Twelve federal agencies offer SBIR and STTR grants including: NASA. The grant awards for the STTR program are similar to the SBIR program. National Science Foundation.

Government 98

Government SBIR Small Business Technical Review 98

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 15, 2020

As a buyer of technology and capability, the Department of Defense now can decide to buy different capabilities to match this new world. “Shockingly” many of those things are irrelevant when they show up, if they ever show up at all. Changing Acquisition.

Technical Review 361

Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Technology United States 361

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.

SBIR 48

SBIR Government Venture Capital Startup 48

Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2021

I observed that teaching case studies and/or how to write a business plan as a capstone entrepreneurship class didn’t match the hands-on chaos of a startup. Hacking for Defense has its origins in the Lean LaunchPad class I first taught at Stanford in 2011. Our goal was to teach both theory and practice.

Lean 385

Lean Security Asia SBIR 385

Steve Blank

JUNE 12, 2020

I observed that teaching case studies and/or how to write a business plan as a capstone entrepreneurship class didn’t match the hands-on chaos of a startup. Hacking for Defense has its origins in the Lean LaunchPad class I first taught at Stanford in 2011. Our goal was to teach both theory and practice.

Oakland 301

Oakland Asia Lean Video 301

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

However, unlike commercial systems, weapon systems are matched with a doctrine of how they are used. All the services have incubators, Accelerator’s, and SBIR programs. And incremental improvements in weapons typically result in incremental improvements in doctrine. And they’re even making an end-around to a broken acquisition system.

Technology 436

Technology China Russia Silicon Valley 436

Steve Blank

JUNE 7, 2019

I observed that teaching case studies and/or how to write a business plan as a capstone entrepreneurship class didn’t match the hands-on chaos of a startup. Hacking for Defense has its origins in the Lean LaunchPad class I first taught at Stanford in 2011. Our goal was to teach both theory and practice.

Oakland 266

Oakland Lean SBIR Afghanistan 266