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. For all the value of a large grant, isn’t it worth a small investment to get your application “on the fast path,” and optimize your selection probabilities? Stringent spending controls.

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Up and Running

MARCH 7, 2014

I say “for the most part” because government grants for small businesses do exist, but the opportunity to secure one is limited to a narrow field of candidates. Here’s what you need to know about government grants for small businesses, who is eligible to receive them, and how to go about getting them.

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SiliconHills

JANUARY 12, 2015

government invests more than $2 billion every year in promising new startups with creative innovations. In Austin, startups including Tevido Biodevices, Spot on Sciences and Lynx Labs have received Small Business Innovation Research grants. So how does a startup go about getting one of the SBIR grants?

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David Teten

AUGUST 8, 2011

A few weeks ago, Fred Wilson discussed the role of government grants in helping launch tech companies. Fred is not a fan and argues that evaluating and aiding early-stage companies is not a core competency of government organizations. He concludes by asking his readers to look into grant programs available for startups.

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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. Let’s face it, the business world and the political world are getting tightly intertwined. Extend your networking.

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Steve Blank

MAY 12, 2015

After seeing the results of 500+ teams through the I-Corps, the NSF now offers all teams who’ve received government funding to start a company an introduction to building a Lean Startup. SBIR/STTR Program and Startup Seed Funding. small businesses to turn Government-funded research into commercial businesses.

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Austin Startup

MAY 7, 2020

This first all-virtual AFWERX event included over 2,000 online attendees, 88 virtual pitches, 60 online Air Force and Space Force judges, and 599 government contracts worth $625 million in what Dr. Will Roper called “the largest small biz transaction in gov’t history!” Our next SBIR Accelerator kicks off with the 20.3

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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. For all the value of a large grant, isn’t it worth a small investment to get your application “on the fast path,” and optimize your selection probabilities? Stringent spending controls.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Im writing this post from an airplane headed to Washington DC, where Ill be presenting at the Government 2.0 Im especially curious to gauge the reaction of the civilian and military representatives of our government. Ive been in a few government-themed meetings recently, so I know some of the standard answers.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 29, 2016

government is discovering that Lean innovation can help them serve the country better and faster. The Small Business Administration and the digital services agency 18F are trying to help entrepreneurs build successful companies and the 21st century digital government. Small Business Administration.

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David Cohen

MARCH 13, 2019

It’s so nice to see when government organizations figure out how to effective engage with startups, and then scale it! AFWERX has a program called SBIR , which is a way that startups can work with the US Air Force with little or no hassles. I love it when our government and military gets it! What a great experience.

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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. For all the value of a large grant, isn’t it worth a small investment to get your application “on the fast path,” and optimize your selection probabilities? Stringent spending controls.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 22, 2011

585: Small Business Size Standard Flexibility Act of 2011 (Introduced 2/9/2011). This change to the Small Business Act allows the SBA to change or specify the definition of what constitutes a small business, based on the size of that business. AND be sure to leave a comment here to let us know, too!).

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Up and Running

APRIL 24, 2018

Because of complex government regulations and a lengthy incubation period, funding a healthcare startup is more difficult compared to financing a tech startup. Usually, these investors have the resources and the medical expertise to validate your business model. Spending a few hundred dollars today may end up saving millions tomorrow.

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The Entrepreneurial Mind

JULY 14, 2010

But, please, oh please, keep this out of government hands! It is as if the authors trust government more than markets. Remember that the government just did a massive power grab and took over the college loan program. Step 11: Revamp the SBIR." Step One: Stop trying to see what government can do to steer the economy.

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