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Don’t Forget Grants If You Need Early Seed Money

Startup Professionals Musings

A good place to start looking is the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which is a lifeline for high-tech startups. An advanced search tool is provided to search for a grant by eligibility, by issuing agency, or category. entrepreneur funding grants startup' Processing and approvals take time.

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Designing a Corporate Entrepreneurship Program – A Qualcomm Case Study (part 1 of 2)

Steve Blank

Thus began our search for a program that would properly balance the focus on the present with the need to increase our options for the future. In 2006 we searched outside of Qualcomm for other similar entrepreneurship programs where participants also had to balance other obligations. Qualcomm Innovation Process. What went right?

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Designing a Corporate Entrepreneurship Program – A Qualcomm Case Study (part 1 of 2)

Steve Blank

Thus began our search for a program that would properly balance the focus on the present with the need to increase our options for the future. In 2006 we searched outside of Qualcomm for other similar entrepreneurship programs where participants also had to balance other obligations. Qualcomm Innovation Process. What went right?

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Don’t Forget Grants If You Need Early Seed Money

Gust

A good place to start looking is the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which is a lifeline for high-tech startups. An advanced search tool is provided to search for a grant by eligibility, by issuing agency, or category. Invested Interests entrepreneur grants startup' Processing and approvals take time.

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Start Up Business Grants 101: Meaning, Funding & Tips

Board Effect

Thousands of great ideas never come to fruition because business owners and founders of nonprofit organizations aren’t familiar with the startup business grant process. They simply don’t have the seed money to get a business or organization off the ground. What Is a Startup Business Grant? Essentially, the money is free.

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Startup Business Investments Around The World

YoungUpstarts

Startups caught the attention of venture capitalists as far back as three decades ago. At the time, most startups were from the internet’s dot com side of businesses, as the outlook was bullish then. Things You Need to Know About Starting a Startup Business. Rationale for Startup Investments. Angel Networks.

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What Makes an Entrepreneur? Cojones (7/11)

Both Sides of the Table

So we as VCs search for entrepreneurs/founders who have the whole package or as much of it as possible. A caller dialed in to ask us questions about his startup. He was from South America but living in Switzerland and had launched a startup while holding down a day job at a consulting firm (McKinsey if memory serves).