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Innovation at Argonne National Laboratory Incubator

The Startup Magazine

For instance, ClearFlame Engines — which is developing drop-in engine technology to allow diesel generators and heavy-duty vehicles to run on biofuel without a loss of power — won a $225,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). FGC Plasma Solutions. Atlas Energy Systems. Advanced Ionics.

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2020 Lesson Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

The same year we started the class, it was adopted by the National Science Foundation to train Principal Investigators who wanted to get a federal grant for commercializing their science (an SBIR grant.) The NSF observed, “The class is the scientific method for entrepreneurship.

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Why The Pentagon Can’t Count: It’s Time to Reinvent the Audit

Steve Blank

But having been in the middle of this conversation when I served on one of the Defense Department’s advisory boards, I understand why the Pentagon can’t count. This article previously appeared in War on the Rocks. In the past, headlines about the Pentagon failing its financial audit again would never have caught my attention.

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2019

Steve Blank

The same year we started the class, it was adopted by the National Science Foundation to train Principal Investigators who wanted to get a federal grant for commercializing their science (an SBIR grant.) The NSF observed, “The class is the scientific method for entrepreneurship.

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2018 – wonder and awe

Steve Blank

And conversely show our sponsors in the Department of Defense and Intelligence community that civilian students can make a meaningful contribution to problem understanding and rapid prototyping of solutions to real-world problems. Hacking for Defense has its origins in the Lean LaunchPad class I first taught at Stanford in 2011.

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Capital Factory Center for Defense Innovation Year One Success Stories

Austin Startup

Capital Factory community members won awards from: Air Force Army Navy Special Operations Defense Innovation Unit NSF NASA Department of Energy DARPA Intelligence Community Programs and contract vehicles included SBIR, OTAs, AFWERX challenges, AAL’s Capabilities Accelerator, xTech Search, and even a few subcontracts. application cycle!

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Learn your Austin ABC’s and become a local super-connector

Austin Startup

Alex has helped bring more than $160 million in funding to Texas startups through SBIR, STTR and other government funding programs for companies like Essentium, ICON 3D, and LIFT Aircraft. Ben previously co-founded Simply Interactive, Chaotic Moon, and Conversable leading all of them to successful exits. STOIKY is his callsign.

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