The Startup Magazine

MARCH 23, 2018

CRI is a two-year program for innovators focusing on energy and science technologies. Together, these factors enable innovators to quickly pivot development tracks based on early results to produce a better product that goes to market faster. Advanced Technology and Funding. CRI Program. Innovation is tough. ClearFlame Engines.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

We just had our first week of our new national security class Technology, Innovation and Modern War. If the past is a prologue, they’ll go off to senior roles in defense, policy and to the companies building new disruptive technologies. Technology to Weapons to Doctrine. And that has happened to us. As we described how the U.S.

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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 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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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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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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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. Professional help costs money. Pursue grants and investors in parallel.

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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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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. Professional help costs money. Pursue grants and investors in parallel.

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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. Steve Weinstein a 30-year veteran of Silicon Valley technology companies and Hollywood media companies. All the presentations are worth a watch. Team: Panacea.

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Up and Running

APRIL 24, 2018

It is one of the first few industries to embrace digital technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data analytics, mHealth, wearables, telehealth, and robotics. As the healthcare industry continues to adopt digital technology, the number of healthcare startups is also growing. billion in 2017 YTD (as of May 22, 2017).

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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. Professional help costs money. Pursue grants and investors in parallel.

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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. Professional help costs money. Pursue grants and investors in parallel.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

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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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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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

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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David Teten

DECEMBER 2, 2019

You’ve decided to launch a technology-enabled startup with a positive social impact! Our program mixes the best of both Washington and Silicon Valley, bringing together stakeholders in policy and technology to train the next generation of policy entrepreneurs. Congratulations! Aspen Tech Policy Hub. Google for Startups Accelerator.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 15, 2016

Can you tell is why you started Akervall Technologies and a little about your business background? I’m a journalist and a children’s author, I have had my own production company and I have worked in television. We proud ourselves of being a company on the cutting edge of technology. My background is in media.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

We just held our tenth session of our new national security class Technology, Innovation and Modern War. Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 10, 2017

set up the Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD) to use thousands of civilian scientists in universities to build advanced technology weapons (radar, rockets, sonar, electronic warfare, nuclear weapons.) Dual-use” products reduce the cost for defense adoption of products. In World War II the U.S.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 17, 2014

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. They realized they might have a completely new product – Vascular wraps that can reduce graft infection.

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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. Halling said.

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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. Our observation is that the DOD has more technology demos than they need, but often lack deep problem understanding. Team: TrackID. Worth your time to watch.

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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.

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