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Grant Applications Often Provide Early-Stage Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

A critical stage for most first-time entrepreneurs is getting their idea developed into at least a prototype to validate their technology. through Grants.gov , an online directory of more than 1,000 federal grant programs that don’t look for equity or payback. Also, it’s important that you understand just how the SBIR program works.

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

Steve Blank

The previous post described how China built its science and technology infrastructure. This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. Torch has four major parts: Innovation Clusters , Technology Business Incubators (TBIs), Seed Funding (Innofund) and Venture Guiding Fund. Innovation Clusters.

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

Steve Blank

The previous post described how China built its science and technology infrastructure. This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. Torch has four major parts: Innovation Clusters , Technology Business Incubators (TBIs), Seed Funding (Innofund) and Venture Guiding Fund. Innovation Clusters.

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Grants May Be Free, But They Do Come at a Price

Startup Professionals Musings

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. This is at least double the time required for most equity investments, and may be a delay you can’t afford in keeping up with the market and your competitors.

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Free money for your impact tech startup

David Teten

You’ve decided to launch a technology-enabled startup with a positive social impact! And of course, effectively all venture capitalists are going to require some equity for their investment. I emphasize my focus here is organizations which are backing for-profit companies and do not take equity. Congratulations!

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Lessons for the DoD – From Ukraine and China

Steve Blank

National Security is Now Dependent on Commercial Technology. Drone technology was initially only available to national governments and militaries but is now democratized to low price points and available as internet purchases. They’re not the only startup in this fight. In the U.S., China – Civil/Military Fusion.

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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.) Steve Weinstein 30-year veteran of Silicon Valley technology companies and Hollywood media companies. He runs H4X Labs.

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