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China’s Torch Program – the glow that can light the world (Part 2 of 5)

Steve Blank

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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Why Lean May Save Your Life – The I-Corps @ NIH

Steve Blank

Over the last two and a half years the National Science Foundation I-Corps has taught over 300 teams of scientists how to commercialize their technology and how to fail less, increasing their odds for commercial success. identify financing vehicles before you need them. It’s open to NIH SBIR/STTR Phase 1 grantees.

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Reinventing Life Science Startups – Evidence-based Entrepreneurship

Steve Blank

Other pivots involved moving from a platform technology to become a product supplier, moving from a therapeutic drug to a diagnostic or moving from a device that required a PMA to one that required a 510(k). For example when one team found the right customer, they changed the core technology (the basis of their original idea!)

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China’s Torch Program – the glow that can light the world (Part 2 of 5)

Steve Blank

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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Free money for your impact tech startup

David Teten

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. Non-Dilutive Financing: Everything You Need to Know. Congratulations!

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

Steve Blank

What if we could provide the defense department with new technology, new approaches to auditing, analytics practices, audit research, and standards, all while creating audit and data management research and a new generation of finance applications and vendors? challenges in finance, auditing and data management.

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Office of Naval Research (ONR) Goes Lean

Steve Blank

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.) Test if the Lean Innovation process actually accelerates technology adoption and an innovation ecosystem.

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