Austin Startup

MAY 7, 2020

Capital Factory community members won awards from: Air Force Army Navy Special Operations Defense Innovation Unit NSF NASA Department of Energy DARPA Intelligence Community Programs and contract vehicles included SBIR, OTAs, AFWERX challenges, AAL’s Capabilities Accelerator, xTech Search, and even a few subcontracts. application cycle!

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Given the tech-centricity of Stanford and Silicon Valley, Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I thought it was natural to design a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. Read about all the class sessions here.

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Up and Running

MARCH 7, 2014

Covering operational expenses. The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, for example, is one of the most lucrative sources of federal grants for high-tech startups or high-growth firms (more on SBIR below). SBIR grants for R&D businesses. SBIR is a federal program, overseen by the U.S.

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SBIR Small Business SBA Government 121

Steve Blank

MAY 3, 2022

DoD needs a requirements, budgeting and acquisition process that operates at commercial speed (18 months or less) which is 10x faster than DoD procurement cycles. Change is hard – on the people and organizations inside the DoD who’ve spent years operating with one mindset to be asked to pivot to a new one.

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Up and Running

MARCH 7, 2014

Covering operational expenses. The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, for example, is one of the most lucrative sources of federal grants for high-tech startups or high-growth firms (more on SBIR below). SBIR grants for R&D businesses. SBIR is a federal program, overseen by the U.S.

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SBIR Small Business SBA Government 102

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2014

A good place to start looking is the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which is a lifeline for high-tech startups. For example, federal and state governments don’t provide grants for starting a business, paying off debts, or covering operational expenses. Violations can lead to jail time.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 7, 2019

The same year we started the class, it was adopted by the National Science Foundation to train Principal Investigators who wanted to get a federal grant for commercializing their science (an SBIR grant.) Army as a special operations light infantry squad leader in Iraq and Afghanistan. Jeff served in the U.S.

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Oakland Lean SBIR Afghanistan 266

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. You got to create a different operating culture. Today’s topic was The DoD and Modern War.

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Technology China United States Government 300

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

A good place to start looking is the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which is a lifeline for high-tech startups. For example, federal and state governments don’t provide grants for starting a business, paying off debts, or covering operational expenses. Violations can lead to jail time.

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Gust

MAY 11, 2014

A good place to start looking is the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which is a lifeline for high-tech startups. For example, federal and state governments don’t provide grants for starting a business, paying off debts, or covering operational expenses. Violations can lead to jail time.

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Seed Money SBIR Dilution Government 164

Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2018

That if we could get teams to rapidly discover the real problems in the field using Lean methods, and only then articulate the requirements to solve them, could defense acquisition programs operate at speed and urgency and deliver timely and needed solutions. Jeff Decker is a social science researcher at Stanford.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Alex has helped bring more than $160 million in funding to Texas startups through SBIR, STTR and other government funding programs for companies like Essentium, ICON 3D, and LIFT Aircraft. STOIKY is his callsign. Notley also serves as a powerful resource platform for scaling innovative nonprofit organizations.

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Up and Running

APRIL 24, 2018

Health care ethics are the moral principles and values that allow you to make the right choice while promoting, distributing, and operating your product to healthcare organizations or patients directly. SBIR often offers grants to projects that are deemed risky by the VCs or equity investors.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

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. 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.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 22, 2020

Capital Factory’s staff of 98 has continued to operate at full capacity while remote, supporting our community of members, mentors, partners, and founders through virtual events, meetings, and operational support.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 10, 2017

It is a process that operates with speed and urgency. There are three existing sources for funding defense innovation: COTS/GOTS validation (testing whether off-the-shelf products can be used); Concept Validation and Technology Advancement ; and SBIR/STTR funds – there’s over >$1B per year in the DoD SBIR program alone.).

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