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Why Lean May Save Your Life – The I-Corps @ NIH

Steve Blank

The National Cancer Institute SBIR Development Center , is leading the pilot, with participation from the SBIR & STTR Programs at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute , the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke , and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences. The class is team based.

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

Steve Blank

government’s SBIR and STTR programs. Innofund is designed to bridge early stage technology companies that have innovative technology and good market potential but are too early for commercial funding (banks or VCs.) Filed under: China , Customer Development , Technology , Venture Capital. Venture Guiding Fund.

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Reinventing Life Science Startups – Evidence-based Entrepreneurship

Steve Blank

Both of these groups, those who took the Innovation Corps class and those who didn’t, applied for government peer-reviewed funding through the SBIR program. The teams that skipped the class and pursued traditional methods of starting a company had an 18% success rate in receiving SBIR Phase I funding.

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

Steve Blank

government’s SBIR and STTR programs. Innofund is designed to bridge early stage technology companies that have innovative technology and good market potential but are too early for commercial funding (banks or VCs.) Filed under: China , Customer Development , Technology , Venture Capital. Venture Guiding Fund.

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I-Corps at the NIH: Evidence-based Translational Medicine

Steve Blank

With that SBIR-Phase 1 funding the teams were trying to establish the technical merit, feasibility, and commercial potential of their technology. And of course none of this would be possible without the tremendous and enthusiastic support and encouragement of Michael Weingarten the director of the NIH/NCI SBIR program and his team.

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The Rise of Chinese Venture Capital – (Part 3 of 5)

Steve Blank

SBIR and STTR programs, the Torch Program’s funding for new ventures was limited to seed funding the front end. The market was created to provide startups and their investors liquidity. China’s venture capital system has made a remarkable journey from the “state owns everything” to the free market. Like the U.S.

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The Rise of Chinese Venture Capital – (Part 3 of 5)

Steve Blank

SBIR and STTR programs, the Torch Program’s funding for new ventures was limited to seed funding the front end. The market was created to provide startups and their investors liquidity. China’s venture capital system has made a remarkable journey from the “state owns everything” to the free market. Like the U.S.