Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
This process costs money, which professional investors are not willing to contribute, since their interest is in scaling a proven product and business model into a growth business. through Grants.gov , an online directory of more than 1,000 federal grant programs that don’t look for equity or payback.
Steve Blank
APRIL 11, 2013
government’s SBIR and STTR programs. Set up in 1999, Innofund offers grants ($150 – $250K), loan interest subsidies and equity investment. VC’s treat the SBIR and STTR programs – they never heard of it, or they think it takes too much time to apply for too little money. Seed Funding (Innofund). Venture Guiding Fund.
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Steve Blank
APRIL 11, 2013
government’s SBIR and STTR programs. Set up in 1999, Innofund offers grants ($150 – $250K), loan interest subsidies and equity investment. VC’s treat the SBIR and STTR programs – they never heard of it, or they think it takes too much time to apply for too little money. Seed Funding (Innofund). Venture Guiding Fund.
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 12, 2015
Every investor in your startup, even friends and family, normally expects a share of your company (equity), which means your return for all your effort goes down quickly. The indirect costs of time and effort to find the right grant, complete the application and manage the process, even if you win, can be substantial. In the U.S.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 13, 2013
A grant is not an equity investment, so the entrepreneur doesn’t have to give up a stake in the company either. A good place to start looking is the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which is a lifeline for high-tech startups. Professional help costs money.
Steve Blank
MAY 3, 2022
The Ukraine conflict is demonstrating the changing character of war such that low-cost emerging commercial technology is extremely effective when deployed against a larger 20th-century industrialized force that Russia is fielding. Integrate and create incentives for the Venture Capital/Private Equity ecosystem to invest at scale.
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 19, 2014
A grant is not an equity investment, so the entrepreneur doesn’t have to give up a stake in the company either. A good place to start looking is the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which is a lifeline for high-tech startups. Professional help costs money.
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