Steve Blank

JUNE 19, 2014

The National Cancer Institute SBIR Development Center , is leading the pilot, with participation from the SBIR & STTR Programs at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute , the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke , and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences. The class is team based.

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Up and Running

JUNE 21, 2021

Thanks to assistance from SBIR-funded research, iRobot was able to conquer the thorny challenge of moving a project from the demonstration stage to a marketable and profitable product. It has grown from five employees generating $120,000 in annual revenue to 350 employees generating annual revenues of $16.5 iRobot — From robots to riches.

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Up and Running

APRIL 24, 2018

Of course, you will need a killer product—but, you will also need a competent growth strategy that will encompass comprehensive marketing, sales, research and development, technology, and beyond. SBIR often offers grants to projects that are deemed risky by the VCs or equity investors.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 15, 2016

In addition we have a fantastic marketing team and a sales team that are successfully plugging away every day, many many hours. 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.

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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. And of course none of this would be possible without the tremendous and enthusiastic support and encouragement of Michael Weingarten the director of the NIH/NCI SBIR program and his team.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I'll add one more point: The SBIR program is based on a dated notion of small business research, and the multi-year process doesn't line up with the speed of many modern startups. Similarly, government purchasing is a frustrating series of hoops, even compared to enterprise sales.

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