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Air Force Pitch Day was awesome

David Cohen

AFWERX has a program called SBIR , which is a way that startups can work with the US Air Force with little or no hassles. You can also just email them to learn more. In a nutshell, barriers to working with the Air Force have been “mitigated” ( blown up sir! You can get $50k initially and up to $3M over time.

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Learn your Austin ABC’s and become a local super-connector

Austin Startup

If I can help make a mutually beneficial introduction I’d like to… please think about why THEY would want to meet YOU and send me a forwardable email at josh@quityourjob.com. You can find a great example email in my post about How to Make Effective Email Introductions. The Connectors Alex “STOIKY” Goldberg ( Lt.

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Coronavirus: An open letter to the Austin Startup Community

Austin Startup

Please leave a comment and let us know or email me at josh@quityourjob.com. Money is being raised, supplies are being delivered, and technology is being developed around the clock. Please leave a comment and let us know or email me at josh@quityourjob.com. We might know about resources you don’t.

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

Steve Blank

” Two of the entrepreneurial programs, which I managed is called the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR), and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. Send an email to terri@kandsranch.com describing your entrepreneurial journey. Tune in Thursday at 1 pm PT, 4 pm ET on Sirius XM Channel 111.

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

Steve Blank

If you’ve received this post in an email the embedded videos and powerpoint are best viewed on www.steveblank.com. Over the last three years the National Science Foundation I-Corps has taught over 700 teams of scientists how to commercialize their technology and how to fail less, increasing their odds for commercial success.

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What would you want to tell Washington DC about startups?

Startup Lessons Learned

I'll add two ideas: The modern structure of university patent licensing and technology transfer works really well in the life sciences and other fields with expensive product development processes. Similarly, government purchasing is a frustrating series of hoops, even compared to enterprise sales. September 10, 2009 4:37 AM Dale B.

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