Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

By law , the Department of Defense has to provide Congress and the public with an assessment of where it spends its money and to provide transparency of its operations. Auditing the Department of Defense. A financial audit counts what the Department of Defense has, where it has it, and if they know where its money is being spent.

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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. In today’s fast moving technology world, that may give your competitor the edge, or your startup may wither and die waiting. Professional help costs money. Violations can lead to jail time.

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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 today’s fast moving technology world, that may give your competitor the edge, or your startup may wither and die waiting. Professional help costs money. Violations can lead to jail time.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 7, 2019

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.) Steve Weinstein a 30-year veteran of Silicon Valley technology companies and Hollywood media companies. Jeff served in the U.S.

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Up and Running

MARCH 7, 2014

Covering operational expenses. 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.

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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. In today’s fast moving technology world, that may give your competitor the edge, or your startup may wither and die waiting. Professional help costs money. Violations can lead to jail time.

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Up and Running

MARCH 7, 2014

Covering operational expenses. 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.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2018

Our observation is that the DOD has more technology demos than they need, but often lack deep problem understanding. It was adopted by the National Science Foundation in 2012 to train Principal Investigators who wanted to get a federal grant for commercializing their science (an SBIR grant.) Worth your time to watch.

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Austin Startup

MAY 7, 2020

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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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2020

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. He launched his first startup to bring the first cell phone technology onto the battlefield in Afghanistan. STOIKY is his callsign.

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Up and Running

APRIL 24, 2018

It is one of the first few industries to embrace digital technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data analytics, mHealth, wearables, telehealth, and robotics. As the healthcare industry continues to adopt digital technology, the number of healthcare startups is also growing. billion in 2017 YTD (as of May 22, 2017).

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Austin Startup

MARCH 22, 2020

Money is being raised, supplies are being delivered, and technology is being developed around the clock. We hosted HackCorona, the first hackathon to specifically target and solve the new healthcare and technology challenges in a “town hall”, with members of the innovation community from healthcare, technology, and public policy.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I'll add two ideas: The modern structure of university patent licensing and technology transfer works really well in the life sciences and other fields with expensive product development processes. Similarly, government purchasing is a frustrating series of hoops, even compared to enterprise sales. September 9, 2009 7:00 AM Anonymoussaid.

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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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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

We just held our tenth session of our new national security class Technology, Innovation and Modern War. Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy.

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Steve Blank

MAY 3, 2022

National Security is Now Dependent on Commercial Technology. Drone technology was initially only available to national governments and militaries but is now democratized to low price points and available as internet purchases. They’re not the only startup in this fight. In the U.S., China – Civil/Military Fusion.

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