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Air Force Pitch Day was awesome

David Cohen

Last week, I was in New York and decided to stop by the Air Force Pitch Day. AFWERX has a program called SBIR , which is a way that startups can work with the US Air Force with little or no hassles. But I noticed only a handful of my friends in the venture capital industry showed up, which baffled me.

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Startup Capital: Feast or Famine?

Gust

Let’s take a closer look at trends in government grants, angel investment and venture capital financings. 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).

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Free Government Money for Startups

David Teten

Despite the fact that the grant community looks impossibly messy for a startup to navigate, a good starting place is Grants.gov , where you can find a fairly comprehensive directory of federal grants (especially SBIR-related solicitations), searchable by keyword/agency/funding-type/date. o New York Grant Watch. California.

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China’s Torch Program – the glow that can light the world (Part 2 of 5)

Steve Blank

Examples are Hollywood for movies, Milan for fashion, New York for finance and today, Silicon Valley for technology entrepreneurship. government’s SBIR and STTR programs. Most Venture Capitalists in China viewed the Innofund the same way most U.S. Venture Guiding Fund. Innovation Clusters. Seed Funding (Innofund).

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China’s Torch Program – the glow that can light the world (Part 2 of 5)

Steve Blank

Examples are Hollywood for movies, Milan for fashion, New York for finance and today, Silicon Valley for technology entrepreneurship. government’s SBIR and STTR programs. Most Venture Capitalists in China viewed the Innofund the same way most U.S. Venture Guiding Fund. Innovation Clusters. Seed Funding (Innofund).