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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2021 Lessons Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

The same year we started the class, it was adopted by the National Science Foundation to train Principal Investigators who wanted to get a federal grant for commercializing their science (an SBIR grant.) Team Neurosmart – Optimizing Performance of Special Operators. If you can’t see the Neurosmart 2-minute video, click here.

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Innovation at Argonne National Laboratory Incubator

The Startup Magazine

CRI is different from other incubators because it allows innovators/entrepreneurs to immerse inside a national laboratory, working alongside world-renowned scientists and engineers with whom they can share their ideas. Unique Resources. CRI soon will announce its second cohort of innovators. FGC Plasma Solutions. Atlas Energy Systems.

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100 Startups Join Forces with Air Force Stakeholders at Inaugural Spark Collider Event

Austin Startup

SBIR Phase I companies together with relevant Air Force and venture capital stakeholders. AFWERX, who works out of Capital Factory’s Center for Defense Innovation, serves as a channel through which entrepreneurs can access the necessary resources to make their ideas a reality within the U.S. What does SBIR Phase I mean, exactly?

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2020 Lesson Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

The same year we started the class, it was adopted by the National Science Foundation to train Principal Investigators who wanted to get a federal grant for commercializing their science (an SBIR grant.) Army as a special operations light infantry squad leader in Iraq and Afghanistan. Jeff Decker a Stanford social science researcher.

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Don’t Forget Grants If You Need Early Seed Money

Startup Professionals Musings

In the US, many entrepreneurs see grants as “free money,” since they are not loans and don’t have to be repaid. A grant is not an equity investment, so the entrepreneur doesn’t have to give up a stake in the company either. entrepreneur funding grants startup' Violations can lead to jail time. Marty Zwilling.

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Small Business Grants: The Facts and The Fiction

Up and Running

We’ve all seen the late night TV commercials targeted at entrepreneurs touting “free money from Uncle Sam”. Covering operational expenses. 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).

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Small Business Grants: The Facts and The Fiction

Up and Running

We’ve all seen the late night TV commercials targeted at entrepreneurs touting “free money from Uncle Sam”. Covering operational expenses. 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).

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