The Startup Magazine

MARCH 23, 2018

Together, these factors enable innovators to quickly pivot development tracks based on early results to produce a better product that goes to market faster. Atlas Energy Systems has joint proposals with a number of companies on multiple SBIRs to develop a prototype of its radioisotope nuclear battery. Innovation is tough.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 30, 2019

SBIR Phase I companies together with relevant Air Force and venture capital stakeholders. What does SBIR Phase I mean, exactly? At Spark Collider, there were 100 companies present that received an initial award from the Department of Defense (DoD)— which denotes them as Phase 1 SBIR Awardees.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2021

– while simultaneously building a series of minimal viable products. Unlike traditional demo days or Shark Tanks which are, “Here’s how smart I am, and isn’t this a great product, please give me money,” a Lessons Learned presentation tells the story of a team’s 10-week journey and hard-won learning and discovery.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Geared toward social impact startups working to create a healthier and more sustainable future, the accelerator provides access to training, products and technical support. You may also want to look at product-based crowdfunding, e.g., Indiegogo *. Beyond the SBIR: Non-Dilutive Funding for Your Startup. Higher Ground Labs.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 12, 2020

32 students were scattered across the globe and given a seemingly impossible assignment- they had 10 weeks to understand and then solve a real Dept of Defense problem – by interviewing 100 beneficiaries, stakeholders, requirements writers, et al while simultaneously building a series of minimal viable products – all while never leaving their room.

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Steve Blank

MAY 12, 2015

SBIR/STTR Program and Startup Seed Funding. The Small Business Innovative Research ( SBIR ) and Small Business Technology Transfer ( STTR ) programs are startup seed funds created by Congress to encourage U.S. The SBIR/STTR program made ~6,200 seed stage investments in 2014, dwarfing the seed investments made by venture capital.

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Up and Running

MARCH 7, 2014

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). SBIR grants for R&D businesses. SBIR is a federal program, overseen by the U.S.

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Austin Startup

MAY 7, 2020

There were a lot of individual examples of companies in our community who had incredible success in finding DoD customers, and these projects were changing the direction of their products and companies. Our next SBIR Accelerator kicks off with the 20.3 application cycle!

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Operational Concepts are the Minimum Viable Products of the practical application of a doctrine against a specific enemy in a specific environment.) All the services have incubators, Accelerator’s, and SBIR programs. Unlike commercial products, military technology/weapon systems have an associated doctrine – how it is used.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2014

Typically they can be used to fund product development and commercialization that would otherwise require outside investors. A good place to start looking is the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which is a lifeline for high-tech startups. Pursue grants and investors in parallel. Extend your networking.

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Up and Running

MARCH 7, 2014

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). SBIR grants for R&D businesses. SBIR is a federal program, overseen by the U.S.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 17, 2014

With that SBIR-Phase 1 funding the teams were trying to establish the technical merit, feasibility, and commercial potential of their technology. They were certain their customers were Radiation Oncologists, that MOA data was needed, that they needed to have Phase 1 trial data to license their product, and needed >$5 million and 6 years.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Typically they can be used to fund product development and commercialization that would otherwise require outside investors. A good place to start looking is the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which is a lifeline for high-tech startups. Pursue grants and investors in parallel. Extend your networking.

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Gust

MAY 11, 2014

Typically they can be used to fund product development and commercialization that would otherwise require outside investors. A good place to start looking is the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which is a lifeline for high-tech startups. Pursue grants and investors in parallel. Extend your networking.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Operational Concepts are the Minimum Viable Products of the practical application of a doctrine against a specific enemy in a specific environment.) All the services have incubators, Accelerator’s, and SBIR programs. Unlike commercial products, military technology/weapon systems have an associated doctrine – how it is used.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 7, 2019

All the teams used the Mission Model Canvas , Customer Development and Agile Engineering to build Minimal Viable Products, but all of their journeys were unique. Followed by an 8-minute slide presentation follow their customer discovery journey over the 10-weeks. All the presentations are worth a watch. Team: Panacea.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

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.

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Up and Running

APRIL 24, 2018

For example, having flexible work hours means you can hire talented candidates from different time zones, which will increase your productivity while keeping the costs down. Just claiming your product or service is revolutionary isn’t going to be enough. How will your product or service make their lives easier?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 2, 2011

Typically they can be used to fund product development and commercialization that would otherwise require outside investors. A good place to start is the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which is a lifeline for high-tech startups. For university professors, grants are their lifeblood, and they know the process well.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

But the Apple Watch 4 announcement intrigued me in a way no other product has since the original IPhone. This wasn’t just another product announcement from Apple. But as impressive as its technology is, the Apple’s smartwatch has been a product looking for a solution. I don’t own an Apple Watch. I do have a Fitbit. In the U.S.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2018

All the teams used the Mission Model Canvas , Customer Development and Agile Engineering to build Minimal Viable Products, but all of their journeys were unique. We wanted them to learn what it takes to get their product/service deployed to the field, not give yet another demo to a general. Team: TrackID.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 29, 2016

” Two of the entrepreneurial programs, which I managed is called the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR), and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. So essentially, the government invests in both (research), and (development).” We’ve grown about 10x in a little over 18 months.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 20, 2012

Nick is currently running a company called MoveableCode and has a great Kickstarter campaign going for his latest product Incantor (Magic Made Real). I founded MoveableCode back in 2009, initially to do some mobile Augmented Reality research on a National Science Foundation SBIR grant. He used to be a client of mine.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Thanks to organizations like DIU we’ve gotten much better at tech scouting; finding promising technologies that might have a military application, getting them on that initial contract – on a SBIR contract or an OTA prototyping contract. But the real problem is that almost everybody hits the famous “valley of death.”

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 15, 2016

I’m a journalist and a children’s author, I have had my own production company and I have worked in television. The science team is funded by an SBIR grant from NSF and we are very proud to be among the few companies in the country that actually have been funded. My background is in media. But that was then….:-).

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 10, 2017

He wanted to build an innovation pipeline that would allow the Navy to: Create “dual-use” products (build solutions that could be used for the military but also sold commercially, and attract venture capital investments.) Dual-use” products reduce the cost for defense adoption of products.

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