David Teten

DECEMBER 2, 2019

From the beginning, the BHSI Fellowship has created meaningful, customized experiences for Fellows with connections to influential business and civic leaders, exposure to a broad audience as a speaker at Chicago Ideas, and over $3 million in financial support and in-kind contributions.”. “Our

Technical Review 60

Technical Review SBIR Dilution Silicon Valley 60

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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SBIR Government Startup Venture Capital 48

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I started my last company with 100% off-shore resources because I could never have completed Customer Development at a reasonable cost of money or regulatory burden had I employed US Citizens. In many cases I look at an SBIR and say "how about I just build that and sell it to you when it's done," but that is unrealistic today.

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DC Washington San Francisco SBIR 90

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 17, 2014

110 researchers and clinicians, and Principal Investigators got out of the lab and hospital, and talked to 2,355 customers. 87 researchers and clinicians spoke to 2,120 customers, tested 695 hypotheses and pivoted 215 times. 87 researchers and clinicians spoke to 2,120 customers, tested 695 hypotheses and pivoted 215 times.

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SBIR Lean Video Customer Development 272

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. Filed under: China , Customer Development , Technology , Venture Capital. China Customer Development Technology Venture Capital' Like the U.S.

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Venture Capital China Offshore SBIR 279

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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SBIR Maryland Lean Seed Stage 120

Steve Blank

JUNE 7, 2019

The eight teams spoke to over 820 beneficiaries, stakeholders, requirements writers, program managers, warfighters, legal, security, customers, etc. Followed by an 8-minute slide presentation follow their customer discovery journey over the 10-weeks. All the presentations are worth a watch.

Oakland 281

Oakland Lean SBIR Afghanistan 281

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. Filed under: China , Customer Development , Technology , Venture Capital. China Customer Development Technology Venture Capital' Like the U.S.

Venture Capital 171

Venture Capital China Offshore SBIR 171

Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2018

Six teams spoke to over 600 beneficiaries, stakeholders, requirements writers, program managers, warfighters, legal, security, customers, etc. Each of their slide presentations follow their customer discovery journey. Watching them I was left with wonder and awe about what they accomplished in 10 weeks.

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Southern California San Diego Mississippi SBIR 191

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. Filed under: Customer Development , SiriusXM Radio Show. So essentially, the government invests in both (research), and (development).”

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Small Business Administration SBIR United States Entrepreneur 120

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 As we closed out 2019, we knew the numbers would beat our goal. application cycle!

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SBIR San Antonio Houston Dallas 62

Up and Running

APRIL 24, 2018

You and your team must know how to think about problems from new angles and adapt to changing market and customer demands. Once you understand when and how customers will buy from your business, you can then scale your startup accordingly. Know thy customer. So, knowing your customers is your number one priority.

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SBIR Startup Artificial Inteligence Intellectual Property 73

ithacaVC

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Apart from SBIR/STIR grants (which often literally are used to start companies based on university research), my general view is that startups should NOT overly rely on the government for anything. Municipalities are tough customers, for example. As a strategy, it is just too risky and unpredictable.

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Government SBIR Dilution Portfolio 40

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. Find a niche market that you can dominate; it gives you revenues and valuable information about customers. So far we have received a Phase 1 (from DoD) and Phase 2 (from NSF).

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Advisory Board Michigan SBIR Sweden 48

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Problem/Challenge Curation : innovators get out of their own offices and talk to colleagues and customers with the goal of finding other places in the DoD where a problem or challenge might exist in a slightly different form, identifying related internal projects already in existence, and finding commercially available solutions to problems.

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Lean SBIR Incubator Curation 250

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. Typically they can be used to fund product development and commercialization that would otherwise require outside investors. To the investors, it means less dilution and lower overall risk.

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Seed Money SBIR Dilution Government 242

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. Typically they can be used to fund product development and commercialization that would otherwise require outside investors. To the investors, it means less dilution and lower overall risk.

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Government Equity Cost SBIR 230

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. You need to enhance your business plan and marketing with all the benefits to your customers of the multiple “stimulus” plans and tax breaks now being put together, especially related to alternative energy products.

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Government SBIR Dilution Database 221

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. Typically they can be used to fund product development and commercialization that would otherwise require outside investors. To the investors, it means less dilution and lower overall risk.

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Seed Money SBIR Dilution Government 164