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Doubling Down On a Good Thing: The National Science Foundation’s I-Corps Lite

Steve Blank

After seeing the results of 500+ teams through the I-Corps, the NSF now offers all teams who’ve received government funding to start a company an introduction to building a Lean Startup. SBIR/STTR Program and Startup Seed Funding. small businesses to turn Government-funded research into commercial businesses.

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

Steve Blank

government is discovering that Lean innovation can help them serve the country better and faster. The Small Business Administration and the digital services agency 18F are trying to help entrepreneurs build successful companies and the 21st century digital government. Small Business Administration. Javier Saade.

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What would you want to tell Washington DC about startups?

Startup Lessons Learned

Beyond just those who will be hearing about the lean startup for the first time, Im expecting to shake a lot of hands and have a lot of interesting side conversations. In many cases I look at an SBIR and say "how about I just build that and sell it to you when it's done," but that is unrealistic today. Expo SF (May.

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Extending and Expanding Aid – Some Policy Ideas

VC Adventure

I leaned on a number of people for their advice to come up with what I describe in more detail below. – Consider a separate loan program for very small businesses (fewer than 10 or 20 employees) that’s based on a revenue formula and so long as they use the funds for current expenses (i.e., interest rate.

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