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6 Stories of Successful New Entrepreneurs to Inspire Your Business

Up and Running

How these six businesses worked with the SBA to grow. The Small Business Administration (SBA) is a federal agency that supports the US economy by aiding small businesses, including offering loans and grants as well as free education, assistance, and other resources. iRobot — From robots to riches. iRobot — From robots to riches.

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Government Grants for Small Business Startups: Finding and Applying for Them

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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.

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Small Business Grants: The Facts and The Fiction

Up and Running

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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Small Business Grants: The Facts and The Fiction

Up and Running

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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Small business Congress-watch: new laws and your company

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This change to the Small Business Act allows the SBA to change or specify the definition of what constitutes a small business, based on the size of that business. This law will increase the SBA budget for awards to business via the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) programs over the next 5 years.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 26: Javier Saade and Hillary Hartley

Steve Blank

Javier explained how the SBA helps drive entrepreneurship in the U.S.: ” Two of the entrepreneurial programs, which I managed is called the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR), and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. So essentially, the government invests in both (research), and (development).”

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We Don't Need 16 Steps to Fix the Economy

The Entrepreneurial Mind

Before you know it, the college loan program could begin to look like the federal tax code or the small business loan programs of the SBA. Step 11: Revamp the SBIR." Tags: Public Policy, Economics and Entrepreneurship inc magazine job creation Main Street SBA. Step 7: Give Angel Investors a Tax Break." Just scrap it entirely.

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