government’s SBIR and STTR programs. VC’s treat the SBIR and STTR programs – they never heard of it, or they think it takes too much time to apply for too little money. MORE
A good place to start looking is the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which is a lifeline for high-tech startups. In the US, many entrepreneurs see grants as “free money,” since they are not loans and don’t have to be repaid. MORE
But last week, the federal government held its Fall SBIR/STTR Conference at the AT&T Executive Conference Center in Austin to make the grants more accessible to bootstrapped entrepreneurs. Several […] The post SBIR Grants Made Less Mysterious appeared first on SiliconHills. By LAURA LOREK Reporter with Silicon Hills News Getting a research grant from the federal government can seem like a big mysterious process to startup entrepreneurs. MORE
The association is pushing Congress to pass legislation allowing venture-backed companies to compete for contracts through the Small Business Innovation Research program, or SBIR, which requires that federal agencies give 2.5% The other is whether VC-backed companies can qualify for SBIR. MORE
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 represents a critical source of seed funding for U.S. MORE
A unique aspect of this state-wide, public-private partnership is featuring bringing in valuable, but little known resources such as SBIR grants (Small Business Innovation Research). Business plan competitions are booming. It’s a great way to bring visibility and momentum to your start-up. MORE
According to a NASA, the agency's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs are soliciting ideas from American small businesses , entrepreneurs, and innovators for the multiphase competition. The agency will award up to $1.5 MORE
” Two of the entrepreneurial programs, which I managed is called the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR), and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. The U.S. government is discovering that Lean innovation can help them serve the country better and faster. MORE
SBIR and STTR programs, the Torch Program’s funding for new ventures was limited to seed funding the front end. I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. MORE
A good place to start looking is the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which is a lifeline for high-tech startups. In the US, many entrepreneurs see grants as “free money,” since they are not loans and don’t have to be repaid. MORE
they can visit the directory of government grant alternatives, which is searchable and features more than a thousand federal programs, or more locally the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR), with opportunities for high technology startups. MORE
Startup Blog Steps to consider to start and grow a company. Basics are provided to help entrepreneurs. Examples may relate to Biotech, Pharma and Medical Device businesses, but the ideas apply to most technology fields. MORE
Both of these groups, those who took the Innovation Corps class and those who didn’t, applied for government peer-reviewed funding through the SBIR program. MORE
Usually these grants can be found at the state level, but government operations such as the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) also provide grants. The following is a guest article from James Kim is a writer for Choosewhat.com. Small businesses now generate 64% of net new jobs, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration. MORE
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. If you’ve received this post in an email the embedded videos and powerpoint are best viewed on www.steveblank.com. MORE
Small business, SBIR, Government, State Grants and/or loans are sources. It is clear that if you have a new startup, getting investors is essential. Some startups take smaller amounts of cash than others. Borrowing against ones property to fund the business is risky and it is advisable to think very carefully if you elect to take this as your means of capital. You may end up owning most of the business which is great if the company succeeds, but if it does not, why lose your house. MORE
I was particularly interested in National Science Foundation SBIR grants due to the educational component of our product (building with our toys helps girls develop foundational skills to succeed in science, technology, engineering and math). by Laurie Peterson. MORE
So how does a startup go about getting one of the SBIR grants? That’s the subject of a meeting […] The post A Spectrum Event on How to Win an SBIR Grant appeared first on SiliconHills. Austin SBIR Spectrum Texas State Small Business Development Center The U.S. government invests more than $2 billion every year in promising new startups with creative innovations. MORE
I am currently looking into a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant through the National Science Foundation, to gain enough funding to test the concept in laboratory space. MORE
It’s open to NIH SBIR/STTR Phase 1 grantees. Program Director/Principal Investigator (PD/PI): The assigned PD/PI on the SBIR/STTR Phase I award. MORE
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. MORE
Last year’s winner, C.Light Technologies , from UC Berkeley’s Vision Science Department just received an NIH SBIR grant for their eye tracking neurodiagnostic device. Our second Aging 2.0 Global Startup Search was a hit! Seven exceptional pitches + an inspiring update to a community of folks across campus and beyond. Thanks to CITRIS, UC Berkeley School of Public Health & UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare for co-sponsoring! MORE
A good place to start looking is the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which is a lifeline for high-tech startups. In the US, many entrepreneurs see grants as “free money,” since they are not loans and don’t have to be repaid. A grant is not an equity investment, so the entrepreneur doesn’t have to give up a stake in the company either. Typically they can be used to fund product development and commercialization that would otherwise require outside investors. MORE
NASA has awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract worth $125,000 to [.] Will astronauts be eating 3-D printed pizza on Mars? That might not be as far fetched as it sounds. NASA has contacted with Systems & Materials Research Corp. MORE
The team has continued product development, broadened its search for partners and applied for grants, including a Phase 1 SBIR grant. Most start up stories aren’t like fairy tales—even seasoned and talented entrepreneurs can run into walls. The founders of STEMKids used the iCorps program to leap over that proverbial wall and find the right product-customer fit. “We MORE
I founded MoveableCode back in 2009, initially to do some mobile Augmented Reality research on a National Science Foundation SBIR grant. Today’s post is a guest post from my friend Nicholas Napp. We first met five years ago and while I’ve never invested in anything he’s done, I’ve tried to be helpful along the way. Nick is currently running a company called MoveableCode and has a great Kickstarter campaign going for his latest product Incantor (Magic Made Real). MORE
Despite the fact that the grant community looks impossibly messy for a startup to navigate, a good starting place is Grants.gov , where you can find a fairly comprehensive directory of federal grants (especially SBIR-related solicitations), searchable by keyword/agency/funding-type/date. MORE
Government grants get focused: Even some government SBIR programs, which traditionally have funded university research, have jumped on the bandwagon of a more “scientific” and lean approach to entrepreneurship. In race for relevance, universities up the entrepreneurial ante. MORE
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. MORE
government’s SBIR and STTR programs. VC’s treat the SBIR and STTR programs – they never heard of it, or they think it takes too much time to apply for too little money. MORE
Last year’s winner, C.Light Technologies , from UC Berkeley’s Vision Science Department just received an NIH SBIR grant for their eye tracking neurodiagnostic device. Our second Aging 2.0 Global Startup Search was a hit! Seven exceptional pitches + an inspiring update to a community of folks across campus and beyond. Thanks to CITRIS, UC Berkeley School of Public Health & UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare for co-sponsoring! MORE
Last week I spoke at the National Science Foundation’s Phase 2 SBIR conference about raising Angel funds. The talk was well received so I decided to do a podcast on the topic. Raising Angel funds is different than raising Venture Capital. Most Angels have motivations beyond financial return. Once you know them you can get funding for your startup by targeting the right investors and following a systematic process. I hope it helps you fund your SaaS startup. Listen on iTunes. MORE
Several sources (including Startup by Elizabeth Edwards ) estimate that $2-3 billion per year is awarded to very early stage companies by federal government grants (mostly SBIRs). At $100,000 or so per grant, perhaps 2-3000 pre-seed and seed/startup companies receive SBIRs and other government grants per year. For years there has been a pervasive opinion across the entrepreneurial landscape that the US has a shortage of capital required to startup and grow new ventures. MORE
The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program looks for small businesses that want to engage in research and development that may have a commercial element to it. According to the State of Women-Owned Businesses Report there are more than 9.1 MORE
The Tampa Bay Business Journal just carried a story on the SBIR/VC-ownership debate and I've seen it kicked around enough now that I have some thoughts. The "debate" I'm referencing involves the SBA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants that are provided to help spur small business innovation. Around 2001, the SBIR program ruled that startups who were 51%+ owned by venture capital funds no longer qualified for the innovation grants. MORE
“The SBIR grant will enable TeVido to […] The post TeVido BioDevices Lands SBIR Grant appeared first on SiliconHills. TeVido BioDevices, a company that prints nipples for breast reconstruction surgery using human cells and 3-D printers, has received a Small Business Innovation Research Phase II grant from the National Science Foundation. The grant will go to fund more pre-clinical development of the company’s novel breast reconstruction program. MORE
SBIR Workshop – Success Strategies This is a free workshop for regional businesses interested in obtaining federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants. The federal SBIR program funds over $1 billion each year of early stage R & D conducted by small businesses for technologies that have government and commercial applications. MORE
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. Share If you have taken any sort of look at the landscape of business recently then one thing should be very apparent. MORE
The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs have been renewed for six more years, much to the relief of the small businesses who feared those programs were on the brink of extinction. MORE
By LAURA LOREK Founder Silicon Hills News A few weeks ago, the Small Business Innovation Research program announced its Fall National SBIR/STTR Conference on Nov. The conferences are generally sold out but registration numbers were really low for this one, said Robert Allen Baker, SBIR Policy and program analyst. “We We always do […] The post Texas Startups Need to Apply for SBIR Grants appeared first on SiliconHills. MORE
I’ve served as an advisor to federal programs like the National Science Foundation’s SBIR program, served on non-profit boards like the SENS Foundation , and helped advise “prize” programs like the Mprize. Startup : Umm… I think it was Department of Energy SBIR. MORE
A good place to start is the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which is a lifeline for high-tech startups. MORE
This law will increase the SBA budget for awards to business via the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) programs over the next 5 years. Periodically I check in on the good people in our nation’s capital to see what they are up to and what they have been doing lately for (to?) MORE
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By LAURA LOREK Founder Silicon Hills News A few weeks ago, the Small Business Innovation Research program announced its Fall National SBIR/STTR Conference on Nov. The conferences are generally sold out but registration numbers were really low for this one, said Robert Allen Baker, SBIR Policy and program analyst. “We We always do […] The post Texas Startups Need to Apply for SBIR Grants appeared first on SiliconHills.
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NOVEMBER 17, 2014
But last week, the federal government held its Fall SBIR/STTR Conference at the AT&T Executive Conference Center in Austin to make the grants more accessible to bootstrapped entrepreneurs. Several […] The post SBIR Grants Made Less Mysterious appeared first on SiliconHills. By LAURA LOREK Reporter with Silicon Hills News Getting a research grant from the federal government can seem like a big mysterious process to startup entrepreneurs.
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JANUARY 12, 2015
So how does a startup go about getting one of the SBIR grants? That’s the subject of a meeting […] The post A Spectrum Event on How to Win an SBIR Grant appeared first on SiliconHills. Austin SBIR Spectrum Texas State Small Business Development Center The U.S. government invests more than $2 billion every year in promising new startups with creative innovations.
SiliconHills
OCTOBER 22, 2014
“The SBIR grant will enable TeVido to […] The post TeVido BioDevices Lands SBIR Grant appeared first on SiliconHills. TeVido BioDevices, a company that prints nipples for breast reconstruction surgery using human cells and 3-D printers, has received a Small Business Innovation Research Phase II grant from the National Science Foundation. The grant will go to fund more pre-clinical development of the company’s novel breast reconstruction program.
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 represents a critical source of seed funding for U.S.
Inc Startups
SEPTEMBER 18, 2012
According to a NASA, the agency's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs are soliciting ideas from American small businesses , entrepreneurs, and innovators for the multiphase competition. The agency will award up to $1.5
Steve Blank
APRIL 11, 2013
government’s SBIR and STTR programs. VC’s treat the SBIR and STTR programs – they never heard of it, or they think it takes too much time to apply for too little money.
Steve Blank
AUGUST 21, 2013
Both of these groups, those who took the Innovation Corps class and those who didn’t, applied for government peer-reviewed funding through the SBIR program.
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 12, 2015
they can visit the directory of government grant alternatives, which is searchable and features more than a thousand federal programs, or more locally the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR), with opportunities for high technology startups.
Steve Blank
APRIL 12, 2013
SBIR and STTR programs, the Torch Program’s funding for new ventures was limited to seed funding the front end. I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual.
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. The U.S. government is discovering that Lean innovation can help them serve the country better and faster.
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. If you’ve received this post in an email the embedded videos and powerpoint are best viewed on www.steveblank.com.
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 19, 2014
A good place to start looking is the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which is a lifeline for high-tech startups. In the US, many entrepreneurs see grants as “free money,” since they are not loans and don’t have to be repaid.
Gust
MAY 11, 2014
A good place to start looking is the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which is a lifeline for high-tech startups. In the US, many entrepreneurs see grants as “free money,” since they are not loans and don’t have to be repaid. A grant is not an equity investment, so the entrepreneur doesn’t have to give up a stake in the company either. Typically they can be used to fund product development and commercialization that would otherwise require outside investors.
Taffy Williams
AUGUST 17, 2011
Small business, SBIR, Government, State Grants and/or loans are sources. It is clear that if you have a new startup, getting investors is essential. Some startups take smaller amounts of cash than others. Borrowing against ones property to fund the business is risky and it is advisable to think very carefully if you elect to take this as your means of capital. You may end up owning most of the business which is great if the company succeeds, but if it does not, why lose your house.
Startup Musings
NOVEMBER 24, 2009
SBIR Workshop – Success Strategies This is a free workshop for regional businesses interested in obtaining federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants. The federal SBIR program funds over $1 billion each year of early stage R & D conducted by small businesses for technologies that have government and commercial applications.
Kevin Dewalt
AUGUST 10, 2013
I’ve served as an advisor to federal programs like the National Science Foundation’s SBIR program, served on non-profit boards like the SENS Foundation , and helped advise “prize” programs like the Mprize. Startup : Umm… I think it was Department of Energy SBIR.
Inc Startups
APRIL 23, 2014
Government grants get focused: Even some government SBIR programs, which traditionally have funded university research, have jumped on the bandwagon of a more “scientific” and lean approach to entrepreneurship. In race for relevance, universities up the entrepreneurial ante.
NFIB Young Entrepreneur Foundation Blog
APRIL 29, 2011
I am currently looking into a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant through the National Science Foundation, to gain enough funding to test the concept in laboratory space.
David Teten
AUGUST 8, 2011
Despite the fact that the grant community looks impossibly messy for a startup to navigate, a good starting place is Grants.gov , where you can find a fairly comprehensive directory of federal grants (especially SBIR-related solicitations), searchable by keyword/agency/funding-type/date.
Hearpreneur
MARCH 15, 2016
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. Share If you have taken any sort of look at the landscape of business recently then one thing should be very apparent.
Feld Thoughts
MAY 20, 2012
I founded MoveableCode back in 2009, initially to do some mobile Augmented Reality research on a National Science Foundation SBIR grant. Today’s post is a guest post from my friend Nicholas Napp. We first met five years ago and while I’ve never invested in anything he’s done, I’ve tried to be helpful along the way. Nick is currently running a company called MoveableCode and has a great Kickstarter campaign going for his latest product Incantor (Magic Made Real).
Blogtrepreneur | Entrepreneur Blog
MARCH 27, 2015
The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program looks for small businesses that want to engage in research and development that may have a commercial element to it. According to the State of Women-Owned Businesses Report there are more than 9.1
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 13, 2013
A good place to start looking is the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which is a lifeline for high-tech startups. In the US, many entrepreneurs see grants as “free money,” since they are not loans and don’t have to be repaid.
Inc Startups
JANUARY 17, 2012
The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs have been renewed for six more years, much to the relief of the small businesses who feared those programs were on the brink of extinction.
SiliconHills
MAY 24, 2013
NASA has awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract worth $125,000 to [.] Will astronauts be eating 3-D printed pizza on Mars? That might not be as far fetched as it sounds. NASA has contacted with Systems & Materials Research Corp.
UC Berkeley
SEPTEMBER 24, 2014
I was particularly interested in National Science Foundation SBIR grants due to the educational component of our product (building with our toys helps girls develop foundational skills to succeed in science, technology, engineering and math). by Laurie Peterson.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 2, 2011
A good place to start is the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which is a lifeline for high-tech startups.
Entrepreneur Success Blog
MAY 31, 2011
Usually these grants can be found at the state level, but government operations such as the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) also provide grants. The following is a guest article from James Kim is a writer for Choosewhat.com. Small businesses now generate 64% of net new jobs, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration.
UC Berkeley
JANUARY 5, 2015
The team has continued product development, broadened its search for partners and applied for grants, including a Phase 1 SBIR grant. Most start up stories aren’t like fairy tales—even seasoned and talented entrepreneurs can run into walls. The founders of STEMKids used the iCorps program to leap over that proverbial wall and find the right product-customer fit. “We
Florida Venture Blog
JULY 25, 2006
The Tampa Bay Business Journal just carried a story on the SBIR/VC-ownership debate and I've seen it kicked around enough now that I have some thoughts. The "debate" I'm referencing involves the SBA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants that are provided to help spur small business innovation. Around 2001, the SBIR program ruled that startups who were 51%+ owned by venture capital funds no longer qualified for the innovation grants.
Steve Blank
APRIL 11, 2013
government’s SBIR and STTR programs. VC’s treat the SBIR and STTR programs – they never heard of it, or they think it takes too much time to apply for too little money.
UC Berkeley
JULY 13, 2016
Last year’s winner, C.Light Technologies , from UC Berkeley’s Vision Science Department just received an NIH SBIR grant for their eye tracking neurodiagnostic device. Our second Aging 2.0 Global Startup Search was a hit! Seven exceptional pitches + an inspiring update to a community of folks across campus and beyond. Thanks to CITRIS, UC Berkeley School of Public Health & UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare for co-sponsoring!
UC Berkeley
JULY 13, 2016
Last year’s winner, C.Light Technologies , from UC Berkeley’s Vision Science Department just received an NIH SBIR grant for their eye tracking neurodiagnostic device. Our second Aging 2.0 Global Startup Search was a hit! Seven exceptional pitches + an inspiring update to a community of folks across campus and beyond. Thanks to CITRIS, UC Berkeley School of Public Health & UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare for co-sponsoring!
Kevin Dewalt
JUNE 15, 2016
Last week I spoke at the National Science Foundation’s Phase 2 SBIR conference about raising Angel funds. The talk was well received so I decided to do a podcast on the topic. Raising Angel funds is different than raising Venture Capital. Most Angels have motivations beyond financial return. Once you know them you can get funding for your startup by targeting the right investors and following a systematic process. I hope it helps you fund your SaaS startup. Listen on iTunes.
Seed Stage Capital
APRIL 22, 2009
The association is pushing Congress to pass legislation allowing venture-backed companies to compete for contracts through the Small Business Innovation Research program, or SBIR, which requires that federal agencies give 2.5% The other is whether VC-backed companies can qualify for SBIR.
Gust
DECEMBER 1, 2011
Several sources (including Startup by Elizabeth Edwards ) estimate that $2-3 billion per year is awarded to very early stage companies by federal government grants (mostly SBIRs). At $100,000 or so per grant, perhaps 2-3000 pre-seed and seed/startup companies receive SBIRs and other government grants per year. For years there has been a pervasive opinion across the entrepreneurial landscape that the US has a shortage of capital required to startup and grow new ventures.
Taffy Williams
MARCH 18, 2011
Startup Blog Steps to consider to start and grow a company. Basics are provided to help entrepreneurs. Examples may relate to Biotech, Pharma and Medical Device businesses, but the ideas apply to most technology fields.
crowdSPRING Blog
MAY 22, 2011
This law will increase the SBA budget for awards to business via the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) programs over the next 5 years. Periodically I check in on the good people in our nation’s capital to see what they are up to and what they have been doing lately for (to?)
NFIB Young Entrepreneur Foundation Blog
FEBRUARY 24, 2015
A unique aspect of this state-wide, public-private partnership is featuring bringing in valuable, but little known resources such as SBIR grants (Small Business Innovation Research). Business plan competitions are booming. It’s a great way to bring visibility and momentum to your start-up.
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